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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
ܕܟܝܪ Remembered be so-and-so
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 401
-
AD 600
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
donation to the synagogue
Funds:
unknown
Price:
unknown
Placement:
entrance of the main hall
People mentioned:
Name:
Ḥalifu
Patronym:
Rabbi Safra
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Description
date: 5-6 c. CE description: Two lines of square Jewish script in mosaic with a dedication of Ḥalifu. This inscription is placed near the edge of the northern wall of the main hall, inside the entrance from to the narthex (B). Inscription is complete with only a small part of line 2 missing. Just south of a mosaic depicting a pair of gazelles; unlike the gazelles, the text of the dedication is oriented so that the visitor could read it when entering the main hall.Dimensions: 37 cm high and 137 cm wide. Letters are 3.5-6.8 cm high. ed. CIIP IV fig. 2731 דכירה לטב חליפו ברת רבי ספרה דאתחזקת בהדין אתרה [קדי]שה אמן dʾtḥzqt bhdyn ʾtrh [qdy]šh, ʾmn dkyrh lṭb ḥlypw brt rby sprh 'Remembered for the good be Ḥalifu, the daughter of Rabbi Safra, who supported this holy place. Amen.' commentary: It seems that Ḥalifu donated the construction and/or maintenance of the building, and perhaps contributed substantially to the expensive mosaic in the main hall. It is interesting that two of the three benefactors whose names a visitor would first see in the nartex (this text and CIIP IV 2730) were women. CIIP IV 2731 Beyer 1984: 392 (ggNO 3) Naveh 1978: 95-96 (60)
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-11-02 12:14:10
Last update:
2023-12-12 14:07:31
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: w 137 x h 37 cm
Condition: Two lines of square Jewish script in mosaic with a dedication of Ḥalifu. This inscription is placed near the edge of the northern wall of the main hall, inside the entrance from to the narthex (B). Inscription is complete with only a small part of line 2 missing. Just south of a mosaic depicting a pair of gazelles; unlike the gazelles, the text of the dedication is oriented so that the visitor could read it when entering the main hall.
Text: Letters are 3.5-6.8 cm high.
Date: 401 CE - 600 CE
5-6 c. CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Naaran (Na'aran; Noara; 'Ein Duk) 31.883826, 35.444813 Synagogue entrance of the main hall
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: dedicatory inscription
Summary:
Mosaic inscription in JPA script with a dedication of Ḥalifu from Naaran (Na'aran; Noara; 'Ein Duk). 401 CE - 600 CE.
Changes history: 2022-11-02 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2023-12-12 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-12-12 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'Remembered for the good be Ḥalifu, the daughter of Rabbi Safra, who supported this holy place. Amen.'
Commentary
It seems that Ḥalifu donated the construction and/or maintenance of the building, and perhaps contributed substantially to the expensive mosaic in the main hall. It is interesting that two of the three benefactors whose names a visitor would first see in the nartex (this text and CIIP IV 2730) were women.
Bibliography (edition)
- CIIP IV W., Ameling, H., Cotton, W., Eck, A., Ecker, B., Isaac, A., Kushnir-Stein, H., Misgav, J., Price, P., Weiß, A., Yardeni, 2023, Corpus inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. Volume IV: Iudaea/Idumaea, Berlin, Boston, 2731.
Bibliography
- K., Beyer, 1984, Die aramäischen Texte vom Toten Meer: samt den Inschriften aus Palästina, dem Testament Levis aus der Kairoer Genisa, der Fastenrolle und den alten Talmudischen Zitaten, Gottingen, 392. J., Naveh, 1978, On Stone and Mosaic: The Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues, Tel Aviv, 95-96 60.