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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
ܕܟܝܪ Remembered be so-and-so
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 401
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AD 600
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
right aisle
People mentioned:
Description
date: 5th-6th c. description: JPA dedicatory inscription on the second circle from the west in the aisle mosaic. Each panel in the aisle mosaic is 38x38 cm, and are decorated with geometrical pattern. The inscription was originally four-line long, but only the remains of the third and fourth line are preserved. ed. Weiss 2005: 202-203 וב]נוי...] אמן '[Remembered be for good] ...' Weiss, Z. The Sepphoris Synagogue. Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historic Contexts. Jerusalem, 2005, p. 202-203. https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/sepp0001/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-11-21 19:13:00
Last update:
2023-12-15 09:42:36
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: w 38 x h 38 cm
Condition: JPA dedicatory inscription on the second circle from the west in the aisle mosaic. Each panel in the aisle mosaic is 38x38 cm, and are decorated with geometrical pattern. The inscription was originally four-line long, but only the remains of the third and fourth line are preserved.
Text:
Date: 401 CE - 600 CE
5th-6th century
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Sepphoris (Zippori; Saffuriye) 32.745556, 35.278611 Synagogue right aisle
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: mosaic inscription
Summary:
Dedicatory inscription on mosaic in JPA script from Sepphoris (Zippori; Saffuriye). 401 CE - 600 CE.
Changes history: 2022-11-21 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2023-12-15 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-12-15 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'[Remembered be for good] ...'
Commentary
Bibliography
- Z., Weiss, 2005, The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts, Jerusalem, 202-203.