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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
שלום
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 201
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AD 700
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
column/pillar
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Placement:
column
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Description
date: 3-7th c. description: The word šlwm written in formal script on the marble column. ed. CIIP II 1146 שלום 'Peace'. commentary: A column inscribed with the word “shalom” was among several columns found during excavations of a large Byzantine building in a commercial district. It might have originated in the synagogue but it is more likely that the inscription was a graffito, or the column was re-used. CIIP II 1146
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2023-03-25 15:31:00
Last update:
2024-01-20 19:13:21
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: The word šlwm written in formal script on the marble column.
Text:
Date: 201 CE - 700 CE
3-7 c. CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Caesarea 32.507222, 34.906944 Synagogue column
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: public inscription
Summary:
The word 'shalom' on a column from Caesarea. 201 CE - 700 CE.
Changes history: 2023-03-25 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-01-20 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2024-01-20 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'Peace'
Commentary
A column inscribed with the word “shalom” was among several columns found during excavations of a large Byzantine building in a commercial district. It might have originated in the synagogue but it is more likely that the inscription was a graffito, or the column was re-used.
Bibliography (edition)
- CIIP II W., Ameling, H., Cotton, W., Eck, B., Isaac, A., Kushnir-Stein, H., Misgav, J., Price, A., Yardeni, 2011, Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. Volume II: Caesarea and the Middle Coast: 1121-2160, Berlin, Boston, 1146.