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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:
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
right aisle
People mentioned:
Name:
Tanhum
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Description
date: 5th-6th c. description: JPA dedicatory inscription of (Tanhu)m? on the third circle from the west in the aisle mosaic. Each panel in the aisle mosaic is 38x38 cm, decorated with geometrical pattern. The inscription has originally four lines, but only the ending of each line is preserved. ed. Weiss 2005: 203 דכיר ל]טב] תנח]ם בר] ובנוי [...] אמן [...] '[Remembered be for] good [Tanhu]m son of [...] and his sons. Amen.' commentary: The other names such as Nahum or Menahem are possibly to be reconstructed here. Weiss, Z. The Sepphoris Synagogue. Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historic Contexts. Jerusalem, 2005, p. 203. https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/sepp0002/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-11-21 19:15:07
Last update:
2023-12-15 10:01:03
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: w 38 x h 38 cm
Condition: JPA dedicatory inscription of (Tanhu)m? on the third circle from the west in the aisle mosaic. Each panel in the aisle mosaic is 38x38 cm, decorated with geometrical pattern. The inscription has originally four lines, but only the ending of each line is 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 [Tanhu]m son of [...] and his sons. Amen'
Commentary
The other names such as Nahum or Menahem are possibly to be reconstructed here.
Bibliography
- Z., Weiss, 2005, The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts, Jerusalem, 203.