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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
ܕܟܝܪ Remembered be so-and-so
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 400
-
AD 600
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
stone
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
column?
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
column
People mentioned:
Name:
Yaakov
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Description
date: 5th-6th century CE description: Partially preserved three lines inscription in JPA square script on a marble column. ed. CIIP III 2288 ]ד[כירין ל]טב […] [ בר חנ] […] בר[ יעק]ב[…][ [d]kyryn l[ṭb] […] br ḥn […][br] yʿq[b] […] 'Remembered for good be ... son of Ḥn... (son of?) Yaakov(?) ...' commentary: This inscription is very fragmentary but it resembles other dedicatory inscriptions from the Late Roman synagogues. The formula dkyryn lṭb (“remembered for good”) appears in many JPA dedicatory inscriptions. Moreover its plural form indicates there were more than one benefactor. The earlier publishers offered the alternative names Ḥnn and Ḥnnyh, but both seem doubtful. Fischer, Taxel, Amit, BASOR 350, 2008: 8-9 CIIP III 2288
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-12-29 16:13:50
Last update:
2024-01-15 17:47:54
Building:
Unexcavated synagogue
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Partially preserved three lines inscription in JPA square script on a marble column.
Text:
Date: 400 CE - 600 CE
5th-6th century CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Horvat Habra (Khirbet Habra; el-Mughar) 31.883333, 34.733333 Unexcavated synagogue column
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: dedicatory inscription
Summary:
Partially preserved inscription on mosaic in JPA script from Horvat Habra (Khirbet Habra; el-Mughar). 400 CE - 600 CE.
Changes history: 2022-12-29 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
'Remembered for good be ... son of Ḥn... (son of?) Yaakov(?) ...'
Commentary
This inscription is very fragmentary but it resembles other dedicatory inscriptions from the Late Roman synagogues. The formula dkyryn lṭb (“remembered for good”) appears in many JPA dedicatory inscriptions. Moreover its plural form indicates there were more than one benefactor. The earlier publishers offered the alternative names Ḥnn and Ḥnnyh, but both seem doubtful.
Bibliography (edition)
- CIIP III W., Ameling, H., Cotton, W., Eck, A., Ecker, B., Isaac, A., Kushnir-Stein, H., Misgav, J., Price, P., Weiß, A., Yardeni, 2023, Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. Volume III: South Coast: 2161-2648. a, Berlin, Boston, 2288.
Bibliography
- M., Fisher, I., Taxel, D., Amit, 2008, Rural Settlement in the Vicinity of Yavneh in the Byzantine Period: A Religio-Archaeological Perspective, BASOR 350, 8-9.