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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 200
-
AD 337
Language:
Greek; Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
stone
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
upper story of columns
Funds:
own property
Price:
Placement:
architrave
People mentioned:
Name:
El'azar
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
Name:
Rusticus
Patronym:
Status:
maker
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
maker
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
unknown
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Description
date: 200 CE to 337 CE description: Bilingual inscription in the architrave. One fragment was reused in the ‘House of Capitals’. Two fragments of the architrave were found in other buildings. Dimensions: an overall length of 1.10 m. Fragments are ca. 20 cm high. Letter Height: 6 cm. Picture / drawing: https://survey.antiquities.org.il/index_Eng.html#/MapSurvey/1113/site/16439 ed. IIP dabb0001 אלעזר בר [ר]בה עבד עמודיה דעל מן כפתה ופצ [ימיה]... [PO]YCTIKOC EKT[ICEN 'El'azar the son of… made the columns above the arches and beams… Rusticus built (it).' "Eleasar der Sohn des [. . .] hat die Säulen gestiftet, die sich ober- halb des Gewölbes befinden, und die Pfeiler [. . .]." Beyer 1984: 396 (ooDA1)) commentary: It seems that the inscription commemorates the contribution donated for the construction of the upper story of columns. The Aramaic text names the building's donor while the craftsman is named in Greek, which is similar as in the mosaic inscriptions of the Beth Alpha synagogue. Beyer 1984: 396 (ooDA1) Gregg, Robert C., and Dan Urman. Jews, Pagans, and Christians in the Golan Heights: Greek and Other Inscriptions of the Roman and Byzantine Eras. South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism 140. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996. (p. 125-126) https://survey.antiquities.org.il/index_Eng.html#/MapSurvey/1113/site/16439 https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/dabb0001/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-11-30 18:11:51
Last update:
2023-12-18 09:46:21
Description:
Dimensions: surface: h 20 cm cm
Condition: Bilingual inscription in the architrave. One fragment was reused in the ‘House of Capitals’. Two fragments of the architrave were found in other buildings.
Text: Letter height 6 cm
Date: 200 CE - 337 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Dabbura (Kfar Devora; Khirbet Deborah; Dabura) 33.04464, 35.66587 Unexcavated synagogue/Beth Midrash architrave
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: building inscription
Summary:
Bilingual inscription in JPA and Greek scripts from Dabbura (Kfar Devora; Khirbet Deborah; Dabura). 200 CE - 337 CE.
Changes history: 2022-11-30 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2023-12-19 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-12-19 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'El'azar the son of… made the columns above the arches and beams… Rusticus built (it)' (IIP dabb0001)
"Eleasar der Sohn des [. . .] hat die Säulen gestiftet, die sich ober- halb des Gewölbes befinden, und die Pfeiler [. . .]."
Beyer 1984: 396 (ooDA1)
Commentary
It seems that the inscription commemorates the contribution donated for the construction of the upper story of columns. The Aramaic text names the building's donor while the craftsman is named in Greek, which is similar as in the mosaic inscriptions of the Beth Alpha synagogue.
Bibliography
- 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, 396. R.C., Gregg, D, Urman, 1996, Jews, Pagans, and Christians in the Golan Heights: Greek and Other Inscriptions of the Roman and Byzantine Eras, South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism 140, 125-126.