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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:
Agirah
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 Aghira on the floor space between the nave and the aisle. Between the third and fourth columns from the west. The estimated length of the panel was 210 cm and its width was ca. 14 cm, decorated with geometrical pattern. The begining of the text is missing. The preserved length is 130 cm. Contrary to other inscriptions from this mosaic floor, the space between preserved words was filled with white tesserae in antiquity. It seems that the inscription was neither damaged and later repaired but intentionally planned and executed in such a design. ed. IIP sepp0008) דכיר לטב] [...] אגירה ובנוי אמן אמן] '[Remembered be for good...] Agirah and his sons. Amen. Amen' commentary: It is assumed that the transcription opens with the fixed blessing formula and is followed by the name of the donor, which is not preserved. The identification of the first preserved word is doubtful. The most likely possibility is that this represents the name of the donor's father. Weiss, Zeev. The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2005, p. 207. https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/sepp0008/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-11-21 20:48:35
Last update:
2023-12-15 15:12:32
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: w 14 x h 130 cm
Condition: JPA dedicatory inscription of Aghira on the floor space between the nave and the aisle. Between the third and fourth columns from the west. The estimated length of the panel was 210 cm and its width was ca. 14 cm, decorated with geometrical pattern. The begining of the text is missing. The preserved length is 130 cm. Contrary to other inscriptions from this mosaic floor, the space between preserved words was filled with white tesserae in antiquity. It seems that the inscription was neither damaged and later repaired but intentionally planned and executed in such a design.
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 of Aghira 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...] Agirah and his sons. Amen. Amen'
Commentary
It is assumed that the transcription opens with the fixed blessing formula and is followed by the name of the donor, which is not preserved. The identification of the first preserved word is doubtful. The most likely possibility is that this represents the name of the donor's father.
Bibliography
- Z., Weiss, 2005, The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts, Jerusalem, 207.