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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:
own property
Price:
Placement:
right aisle
People mentioned:
Name:
Reuven
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
Levite
Family status:
father
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 Reuven the Levite on the floor space between the nave and the aisle and the westernmost column and the one east of it. The estimated length of the panel was 180 cm and its width was ca. 13 cm, decorated with geometrical pattern. The preserved part stretches for 103 cm. ed. IIP sepp0006 דכיר לטב] [...] [ר]אובן הליוי ובני ביתה אמן] '[Remembered be for good] [...] [R]euven the Levite and the members of his family. Amen.' commentary: Reuven was most likely a patronymic of the benefactor. Weiss, Zeev. The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2005.(page.205-206) https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/sepp0006/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-11-21 20:32:25
Last update:
2023-12-15 12:37:06
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: w 13 x h 180 cm
Condition: JPA dedicatory inscription of Reuven the Levite on the floor space between the nave and the aisle and the westernmost column and the one east of it. The estimated length of the panel was 180 cm and its width was ca. 13 cm, decorated with geometrical pattern. The preserved part stretches for 103 cm.
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 ... R]euven the Levite and the members of his family. Amen.'
Commentary
Reuven was most likely a patronymic of the benefactor.
Bibliography
- Z., Weiss, 2005, The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts, Jerusalem, 205-206.