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Dating:
AD 600
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AD 800
Language:
Hebrew
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Medium:
stone
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Placement:
lintel
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Description
date: 600 – 800 CE description: Hebrew inscription on a lintel. A high relief of a pair of eagles flanking a wreath ending with a Hercules knot and ivy leaves. The heads of the eagles and bodies are damaged, probably as a result of iconoclasm. ed. Hachlili 2013: 72 ברוך אתה בבואך וברוך אתה בצאתך 'Blessed shall you be in your comings and blessed shall you be in your goings' commentary: The biblical quotation originated in Deut. 28:6. This verse is interpreted in Midrash Tanhuma as relating to the synagogues and study houses. Ilan, Z. "Meroth" [in:] The New Encyclopedia of Archeological Excavations in the Holy Land. 1993: 1028-1031. Milson 2007: 434-439 Hachlili, R., Ancient Synagogues—Archaeology and Art: New Discoveries and Current Research. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2013: 69-72.
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2023-01-11 13:10:32
Last update:
2024-01-17 09:55:27
Building:
Beth Midrash
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Hebrew inscription on a lintel. A high relief of a pair of eagles flanking a wreath ending with a Hercules knot and ivy leaves. The heads of the eagles and bodies are damaged, probably as a result of iconoclasm.
Text:
Date: 600 CE - 800 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Meroth (Khirbet Marus; Ḥorvat Marish) 33.032197, 35.529871 Beth Midrash lintel
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: public inscription
Summary:
Inscription in Hebrew script from Meroth (Khirbet Marus; Ḥorvat Marish). 600 CE - 800 CE.
Changes history: 2023-01-11 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-01-17 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2024-01-17 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
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'Blessed shall you be in your comings and blessed shall you be in your goings'
Commentary
The biblical quotation originated in Deut. 28:6. This verse is interpreted in Midrash Tanhuma as relating to the synagogues and study houses.
Bibliography (edition)
- R., Hachlili, 2013, Ancient Synagogues - Archaeology and Art: New Discoveries and Current Research, Leiden, 72.
Bibliography
- Z., Ilan, 1993, Meroth, [in:] The New Encyclopedia of Archeological Excavations in the Holy Land, 1028-1031. D.W., Milson, 2007, Art and Architecture of the Synagogue in Late Antique Palestine. In the Shadow of the Church, Leiden, 434–439.