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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:
mosaic panel
Funds:
own property
Price:
Placement:
right aisle
People mentioned:
Name:
Taddai
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
father
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Description
date: 5th-6th c. description: JPA dedicatory inscription of son of Taddai [son] of the captor on the seventh circle from the west in the aisle mosaic. Each panel in the aisle mosaic is 38x38 cm, decorated with geometrical pattern. Five line of text are preserved but the first words in lines 1-3 are missing. ed. IIP sepp0004 דכי]ר לטב] בר תדי [...] בר] שאביה] ובנוי אמן אמן '[Rememb]ered be for good [...] son of Taddai [son] of the captor and his sons. Amen. Amen.' commentary: (as in IIP sepp0004) The name Taddai is the Aramaic form of Greek Theodoros, Theodotos, or Theodotion. The grandfather's name is less clear; it is either an unattested form derived from an early, perhaps Biblical, name, or it is actually a title given him, "captor," as an Aramaic active participle. Weiss, Zeev. The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2005, p. 204. https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/sepp0004/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-11-21 20:09:04
Last update:
2023-12-15 12:03:04
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: w 38 x h 38 cm
Condition: JPA dedicatory inscription of son of Taddai [son] of the captor on the seventh circle from the west in the aisle mosaic. Each panel in the aisle mosaic is 38x38 cm, decorated with geometrical pattern. Five line of text are preserved but the first words in lines 1-3 are missing.
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
'[Rememb]ered be for good [...] son of Taddai [son] of the captor and his sons. Amen. Amen.'
Commentary
(as in IIP sepp0004) The name Taddai is the Aramaic form of Greek Theodoros, Theodotos, or Theodotion. The grandfather's name is less clear; it is either an unattested form derived from an early, perhaps Biblical, name, or it is actually a title given him, "captor," as an Aramaic active participle.
Bibliography
- Z., Weiss, 2005, The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts, Jerusalem, 204.