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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:
between columns
People mentioned:
Name:
Yose
Patronym:
Yudan son of Zaqah
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
Halfaya
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
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 Yose son of Yudan son of Zaqah and Halafya on the floor space between the nave and the aisle. Between the second and third columns from the west. The estimated length of the panel was 210 cm and its width was ca. 10 cm, decorated with geometrical pattern. The ending of the text is missing. ed. IIP sepp0007 [דכרין לטב יוסה בר יודן בר זקה וחל[פ]יא בר [אמן 'Remembered be for good Yose son of Yudan son of Zaqah and Hala[f]ya son [...] [Amen].' commentary: The inscriptions commemorates two people who were not necessarily from the same family. The name and patronymic of the first person, Yose son of Yudan son of Zaqah, is common. His gradnfather's name, however, is more enigmatic. It can be a corrupt form of Hezqah, Hezeqiah, Hizqah, derived from Yehezqel. The name of Halfaya originated in Aramaic HLF, that is known from other forms such as Halfi, Halfo or Halfah, attested in epigraphic records. Weiss, Zeev. The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2005, p. 206. https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/sepp0007/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-11-21 20:40:23
Last update:
2023-12-15 13:40:04
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: w 10 x h 210 cm
Condition: JPA dedicatory inscription Yose son of Yudan son of Zaqah and Halafya on the floor space between the nave and the aisle. Between the second and third columns from the west. The estimated length of the panel was 210 cm and its width was ca. 10 cm, decorated with geometrical pattern. The ending of the text is missing.
Text:
Date: 401 CE - 600 CE
5th-6th century
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Sepphoris (Zippori; Saffuriye) 32.745556, 35.278611 Synagogue between columns
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 Yose son of Yudan son of Zaqah and Hala[f]ya son [... Amen]'
Commentary
The inscriptions commemorates two people who were not necessarily from the same family. The name and patronymic of the first person, Yose son of Yudan son of Zaqah, is common. His gradnfather's name, however, is more enigmatic. It can be a corrupt form of Hezqah, Hezeqiah, Hizqah, derived from Yehezqel. The name of Halfaya originated in Aramaic HLF, that is known from other forms such as Halfi, Halfo or Halfah, attested in epigraphic records.
Bibliography
- Z., Weiss, 2005, The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts, Jerusalem, 206.