Complete
Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Similar to: Psalm 118:20 This is the gate of the LORD through which the righteous may enter
Dating:
AD 100
-
AD 300
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
stone
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
holy place; ark; gate
Funds:
own property
Price:
Placement:
unknown
People mentioned:
Name:
Yo’ezer
Patronym:
Status:
cantor
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
brother
Role:
Founder
Occupation:
ḥazan
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Name:
Simeon
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
brother
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Description
date: 2rd-3th century CE description: Inscription in JPA on a stone slab. Text in tabula ansata. Source of image: Aramaic Inscription from Ammudim | Avigad 1955: Plate 12 Fig. 1 © synagogues.kinneret.ac.il Drawing of the Aramaic Inscription from Ammudim | Avigad 1955: 184. © synagogues.kinneret.ac.il ed. IIP amud0001 יועזר חזנה ושמעון אחוי עבדו הדן תרא דמרי שומיא 'Yo'ezer the hazzan and Simeon his brother made this Gate of the Lord of Heaven'. "Der Synagogenvorsteher Joeser und sein Bruder Simeon haben disen ‘Ort’ des Herrn des Himmels (= diese Synagoge) gestiftet." Beyer 1984: 399 (ooUA 1) 'Yo’ezer the hazzan, and Simeon his brother made this ark [gate? or Holy site?] of the Lord of Heaven.' Milson 2007: 384-385 commentary: It is disputed whether this inscription mentions an ark, gate or other space/object within the synagogue. Naveh 1978: 40-42 (20) Beyer 1984:398-399 (ooUA 1-2) Milson 2007: 384-385 https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/amud0001/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-12-22 10:33:48
Last update:
2024-01-15 10:53:31
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Inscription in JPA on a stone slab. Text in tabula ansata.
Text:
Date: 100 CE - 300 CE
2rd-3th century CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Horvat ʿAmmudim (Umm el-ʿAmed) 33.128, 35.1535 Synagogue unknown
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: dedicatory inscription
Summary:
Dedicatory inscription in JPA script from Horvat ʿAmmudim (Umm el-ʿAmed). 100 CE - 300 CE.
Changes history: 2022-12-22 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-01-15 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2024-01-15 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'Yo'ezer the hazzan and Simeon his brother made this Gate of the Lord of Heaven' (IIP amud0001)
"Der Synagogenvorsteher Joeser
und sein Bruder Simeon
haben
disen ‘Ort’ des Herrn
des Himmels (= diese Synagoge) gestiftet."
(Beyer 1984: 399 (ooUA 1))
'Yo’ezer the hazzan, and Simeon his brother made this ark [gate? or Holy site?] of the Lord of Heaven'
(Milson 2007: 384-385)
Commentary
It is disputed whether this inscription mentions an ark, gate or other space/object within the 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, 398-399. D.W., Milson, 2007, Art and Architecture of the Synagogue in Late Antique Palestine. In the Shadow of the Church, Leiden, 384–385. J., Naveh, 1978, On Stone and Mosaic: The Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues, Tel Aviv, 40-42 20.