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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 301
-
AD 700
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
mosaic
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
mosaic floor
People mentioned:
Name:
Yusa
Patronym:
Tanhum
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
father
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Description
ed. Beyer 1984: 389 (ggKK 1)) 1 ריכר לטב יוסה בר 2 תנחום בר בוטה ובנוי 3 רעברון הרה טבלה 4 תהי להון ברכתה 5 אמן 1 'Gedacht werde zum Guten des Josa des Sohnes 2 des Tanhum des Sohnes des Buta und seiner Sohne 3 die diesen Teil des Mosaiks gestiftet haben! 4 Ihnen werde der Segen zuteil! 5 Amen.' (Beyer 1984: 389 (ggKK 1)) 'Yusa son of Tanhum son of Buta and his sons who made a ‘tabula’' (Milson 2007: 417) commentary: Yudan son of Tanhum appears also on an Aramaic inscription from Sepphoris. Bibliography: Beyer 1984: 389 (ggKK 1) Milson 2007: 417 Naveh 1978: 52-53 (30)
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-03-26 16:52:08
Last update:
2023-11-26 17:34:50
Building:
Remains of a synagogue under a church
Site:
Kafr Kanna; Kefr Kana
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition:
Text:
Date: 301 CE - 700 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Kafr Kanna (Kefr Kana) 32.75, 35.35 Remains of a synagogue under a church mosaic floor
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: tituli operum
Summary:
Inscription on mosaic in JPA script from Kafr Kanna (Kefr Kana). AD 301 - AD 700.
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
'Gedacht werde zum Guten des Josa des Sohnes
des Tanhum des Sohnes des Buta und seiner Sohne
die diesen Teil des Mosaiks gestiftet haben!
Ihnen werde der Segen zuteil!
Amen.'
(Beyer 1984: 389 (ggKK 1))
'Yusa son of Tanhum son of Buta and his sons who made a ‘tabula’'
(Milson 2007: 417)
Commentary
Yudan son of Tanhum appears also on an Aramaic inscription from Sepphoris.
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, 389.
Bibliography
- D.W., Milson, 2007, Art and Architecture of the Synagogue in Late Antique Palestine. In the Shadow of the Church, Leiden, 417. J., Naveh, 1978, On Stone and Mosaic: The Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues, Tel Aviv, 52-53, 30.