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Dating:
AD 300
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AD 800
Language:
Hebrew; Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
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Medium:
stone
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architrave
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Description
date: late antique description: On the bottom portion of the architrave the inscription was engraved in Hebrew letters. The piece of stone was not found in situ but reused in the village. The fragment of an architrave decorated with a relief of a vase and leafy vine branch with a cluster of grapes. Text is in Hebrew or JPA script. Dimensions: 56 cm long, 35 cm high, 23 cm thick. Letters are 7-9 cm high. ed. Urman 1995:459–460 תמושמשמר '…[the course] (of) Mush, (the) course [(of) …' '[You shall not] stray from observing [his laws and doing his commandments].' Naveh 1978: 147 commentary: Although several letters of this inscription were well preserved the reconstruction of this text is problematic. Initially, J. Naveh read this fragment as a segment of Biblical text or at least Biblical in style. Later, however, D. Urman speculated the possibility that this text comes from the list of 24 Levitical courses that served the Temple along with the 24 Priestly watches during the Second-Temple period. The list of Levitical courses has not been preserved in the Hebrew Bible in whole. D. Urman argued it is reasonable to assume that after the destruction of the Second Temple, some people wished to preserve the memory of the Levitical courses, just as other cultivated the memory of the Priestly courses. Naveh 1978: 147 Urman, D. "Public Structures and Jewish Communities in The Golan Heights" [in:] Ancient Synagogues, ed. D. Urman and P. Flesher, Leiden, 1995: 455-461. Gregg, R. C., Urman, D., Jews, Pagans, and Christians in the Golan Heights: Greek and Other Inscriptions of the Roman and Byzantine Eras. South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism, vol. 140, 1996, p. 89-94.
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2023-05-25 13:17:04
Last update:
2024-01-21 09:17:45
Building:
Synagogue
Dimensions: surface: w 56 x h 35 x d 23 cm
Condition: On the bottom portion of the architrave the inscription was engraved in Hebrew letters. The piece of stone was not found in situ but reused in the village. The fragment of an architrave decorated with a relief of a vase and leafy vine branch with a cluster of grapes. Text is in Hebrew or JPA script
Text: Letter height 7-9 cm.
Date: 300 CE - 800 CE
late antique
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Akhmadiyye (Aḥmadiyye; Amudiyye) 32.992, 35.691 Synagogue architrave
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: public inscription
Summary:
Inscription in Hebrew or JPA script from Akhmadiyye (Aḥmadiyye; Amudiyye). 300 CE - 800 CE.
Changes history: 2023-05-25 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-01-21 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2024-01-21 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
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'…[the course] (of) Mush, (the) course [(of) …' (Urman 1995: 459–460)
'[You shall not] stray from observing [his laws and doing his commandments].'
(Naveh 1978: 147)
Commentary
Although several letters of this inscription were well preserved the reconstruction of this text is problematic. Initially, J. Naveh read this fragment as a segment of Biblical text or at least Biblical in style. Later, however, D. Urman speculated the possibility that this text comes from the list of 24 Levitical courses that served the Temple along with the 24 Priestly watches during the Second-Temple period. The list of Levitical courses has not been preserved in the Hebrew Bible in whole. D. Urman argued it is reasonable to assume that after the destruction of the Second Temple, some people wished to preserve the memory of the Levitical courses, just as other cultivated the memory of the Priestly courses.
Bibliography (edition)
- D., Urman, 1995, Public Structures and Jewish Community in the Golan Hights, [in:] Ancient Synagogues, ed.D. Urman and P. Flesher, Leiden, 455-461.
Bibliography
- J., Naveh, 1978, On Stone and Mosaic: The Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues, Tel Aviv, 147. R.C., Gregg, D, Urman, 1996, Jews, Pagans, and Christians in the Golan Heights: Greek and Other Inscriptions of the Roman and Byzantine Eras, South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism 140, 89–94.