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Dating:
AD 400
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AD 600
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
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bronze
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Found in Kfar Misr, but most probably attributed to Kfar Hannaya as its text mentioned this place
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Description
description: Inscription on bronze polycandelon decorated with two menorahs, each flanked by a lulav and shofar. Diameter 51 cm. Held in Musee Royal de Mariemont (B.321) in Belgium. ed. Beyer 1984: 388 (ggKH) רן כלילה עבר זנש אפח קתיפת לאתרה קרישה רכפר חנניה רכירין לטב אמן סלה שלום פטפ ט 'Diesen Kronleuchter hat Zagasch gestiftet (und) hat Qatīpat geschmiedet für den heiligen Ort von Kafar Hananja. Ihrer werde gedacht zum Guten! Amen für immer! Friede! Spitze.' (Beyer 1984: 388 (ggKH)) 'This polycandelon... to the holy place of Kefar Hananyah. May they be remembered for good. Ame[n] selah , shalom, ptp t.' (Fine 1996: 38, 167) commentary: This is the only synagogue dedicatory inscription in Aramaic or Hebrew to mention a place. The word kelilah used to describe this item may be literary translated as a crown, but it means the lamp for sure in this context. The term "crown" for a round lamp (polycandelon) is also known from Christian sources. The last letters of the inscription, "ptp t" may have magical significance. This formula is known from an amulet that was found in the Cairo Genizah. Bibliography: Beyer 1984: 388 (ggKH) Beyer 1994: 254 (ggKH) Milson 2007: 409 Naveh 1978: 34-36 (16) Steven Fine, Sacred realm: the emergence of the synagogue in the ancient world, New York: Oxford University Press: Yeshiva University Museum, 1996: 38-39, 167 https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/kfar-hananya/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-03-26 11:07:02
Last update:
2023-11-26 15:10:47
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Inscription on bronze polycandelon decorated with two menorahs, each flanked by a lulav and shofar. Diameter 51 cm. Held in Musee Royal de Mariemont (B.321) in Belgium.
Text:
Date: 400 CE - 600 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Kfar Hannaya (Kafar Hannanya; Kafr 'Inan) 32.915833, 35.4225 Synagogue Found in Kfar Misr, but most probably attributed to Kfar Hannaya as its text mentioned this place
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: dedicatory inscription
Summary:
Dedicatory inscription in JPA script from Kfar Hannaya (Kafar Hannanya; Kafr 'Inan). AD 400 - AD 600.
Changes history: 2022-03-26 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2023-11-26 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-11-26 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'Diesen Kronleuchter hat Zagasch gestiftet (und) hat Qatīpat geschmiedet für den heiligen Ort von Kafar Hananja. Ihrer werde gedacht zum Guten! Amen für immer! Friede! Spitze.' (Beyer 1984: 388 (ggKH))
'This polycandelon... to the holy place of Kefar Hananyah. May they be remembered for good. Ame[n] selah , shalom, ptp t'
(Fine 1996: 38, 167)
Commentary
This is the only synagogue dedicatory inscription in Aramaic or Hebrew to mention a place. The word kelilah used to describe this item may be literary translated as a crown, but it means the lamp for sure in this context. The term "crown" for a round lamp (polycandelon) is also known from Christian sources. The last letters of the inscription, "ptp t" may have magical significance. This formula is known from an amulet that was found in the Cairo Genizah.
Bibliography (edition)
- 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, 388.
Bibliography
- K., Beyer, 1994, Die aramäischen Texte vom Toten Meer. Ergänzungsband: Samt Den Inschriften Aus Palastina, Dem Testament Levis Aus Der Lairoer Genisa, Der Fastenrolle Und Den Alten Talmudischen Zitaten, Gottingen, 254. D.W., Milson, 2007, Art and Architecture of the Synagogue in Late Antique Palestine. In the Shadow of the Church, Leiden, 409. J., Naveh, 1978, On Stone and Mosaic: The Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues, Tel Aviv, 34-36, 16. S., Fine, 1996, Sacred realm: the emergence of the synagogue in the ancient world, New York, 38-39, 167.