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Dating:
AD 300
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AD 800
Language:
Hebrew; Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
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stone
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Description
date: unknown (late antique) Beyer 1994: 257 (ggSM1) – 3rd century CE description: Partially preserved Hebrew inscription, which exact findspot ins unknown. Two fragmentary Hebrew letters were found on a broken piece of stone. Text is in tabula ansata with only right end preserved. Dimensions: 30x48x40 cm. The Hebrew letters are 12 and 17 cm high and were chiselled to a depth of 1-1,5 cm. ed. Dar 1999: 27, fig. 13 Text (source): ??? Translation (source): ??? commentary: The editor Shimon Dar (1999: 26-27), an archaeologist, consulted the reading of this inscription with Joseph Naveh and Esther Eshel. The first epigraphist noted the letters “waw” and “final “mem”. Sh. Dar commented it could be a remnant of the common phrase “shalom” but in our opinion it is not possible unless the text was written from left to right. According to E. Eschel, these letters are rather “samekh” and “kaph”, that she restored as “skofta” which translated as a lintel. We doubt it as well, because the word for lintel should rather originate in the root shin-qaf-peh. Both interpretations are not convincing and the reading of this fragment remains undetermined. Beyer, Eganzungband, 1994: 257 (ggSM1) Dar, S. "Sumaqa" The New Encyclopedia of Archeological Excavations in the Holy Land. vol. 4, 1993: 1412-1415. Dar, S. Sumaqa - A Roman and Byzantine Jewish Villge on Mount Carmel; Israel. BAR International Series 815, Oxford, 1999.
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2023-01-18 11:16:36
Last update:
2024-01-17 10:38:26
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Partially preserved Hebrew inscription, which exact findspot ins unknown. Two fragmentary Hebrew letters were found on a broken piece of stone. Text is in tabula ansata with only right end preserved. Dimensions: 30x48x40 cm.
Text: Letter height: 12 and 17. Letters were chiselled to a depth of 1-1,5 cm.
Date: 300 CE - 800 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Khirbet Sumaqa (Horvat Sumaqa) 32.777421, 35.03851 Synagogue unknown
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: fragmentary inscription
Summary:
Partially preserved inscription in Hebrew script from Khirbet Sumaqa; Horvat Sumaqa. 300 CE - 800 CE.
Changes history: 2023-01-18 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;
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Commentary
The editor Shimon Dar (1999: 26-27), an archaeologist, consulted the reading of this inscription with Joseph Naveh and Esther Eshel. The first epigraphist noted the letters “waw” and “final “mem”. Sh. Dar commented it could be a remnant of the common phrase “shalom” but in our opinion it is not possible unless the text was written from left to right. According to E. Eschel, these letters are rather “samekh” and “kaph”, that she restored as “skofta” which translated as a lintel. We doubt it as well, because the word for lintel should rather originate in the root shin-qaf-peh. Both interpretations are not convincing and the reading of this fragment remains undetermined.
Bibliography (edition)
- S., Dar, 1999, Sumaqa - A Roman and Byzantine Jewish Villge on Mount Carmel; Israel, Oxford,
Bibliography
- K., Beyer, 1994, Die aramäischen Texte vom Toten Meer. Ergänzungsband: Samt Den Inschriften Aus Palastina, Dem Testament Levis Aus Der Lairoer Genisa, Der Fastenrolle Und Den Alten Talmudischen Zitaten, Gottingen, 257. S., Dar, 1993, Sumaqa, [in:] The New Encyclopedia of Archeological Excavations in the Holy Land 4, 1412-1415.