Complete
Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 301
-
AD 650
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
stone
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
lintel
Funds:
own property
Price:
Placement:
door lintel
People mentioned:
Name:
Yose
Patronym:
Halfo
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: fourth to seventh century CE description: Inscription on the lintel above the main entrance on the western facade. The portal was decorated with floral ornaments. Source of image: Artist's rendering of the portal, Maoz 2011: 76, courtesy of Zvi Maoz © synagogues.kinneret.ac.il (Beyer 1984: 397 (ooKA1)): [... ברכ]תה רכיר לטב יוסה בר חלפי בר חג[...] "[. . . werde] der [Segen zuteil]! Gedacht werde zum Guten des Josa des Sohnes des Halpai des Sohnes des Han[. . .]!" (IIP hkan0001): [הדה איסכופ]תה דכיר לטב יוסה בר חלפו בר חניו דעבדה '[This is the lintel] remembered for good (be) Yose ben Halfo ben Honyo that I made.' Beyer 1984: 397 (ooKA1) Urman, Dan, and Paul Virgil McCracken Flesher. Ancient Synagogues: Historical Analysis and Archaeological Discovery. BRILL, 1998. (page.540) https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/hkan0001/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-12-08 13:53:42
Last update:
2024-01-13 19:05:57
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Inscription on the lintel above the main entrance on the western facade. The portal was decorated with floral ornaments.
Text:
Date: 301 CE - 650 CE
fourth to seventh century CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Ḥorvat Kanaf (Khirbet Kanef) 32.87152, 35.68625 Synagogue door lintel
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: public inscription
Summary:
Inscription on the lintel in JPA script from Ḥorvat Kanaf (Khirbet Kanef). 301 CE - 650 CE.
Changes history: 2022-12-08 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-01-13 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2024-01-13 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
"[. . . werde] der [Segen zuteil]! Gedacht werde zum Guten des Josa des Sohnes des Halpai des Sohnes des Han[. . .]!" (Beyer 1984: 397 (ooKA1))
'[This is the lintel] remembered for good (be) Yose ben Halfo ben Honyo that I made.'
(IIP hkan0001)
Commentary
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, 397. D., Urman, P.V., McCracken Flesher, 1978, Ancient Synagogues: Historical Analysis and Archaeological Discovery, Leiden, 146 540.