Complete
Linguistic features:
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 401
-
AD 600
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Monumental:
Medium:
stone
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
; column
Funds:
unknown
Price:
unknown
Placement:
column
People mentioned:
Name:
Shimʿai
Patronym:
Auxentius
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Judaism
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Description
date: 4-6th century description: Aramaic dedication founded on column in Synagogue. Seven lines of Jewish script inscribed on the drum of limestone column, inside a round frame. E. Sukenik found this column in 1925 built in the wall of a private house in Beit Jibrin (Beit Guvrin). Dimensions: drum: h 44, ø 36 cm; lines w 13-30 cm; letters 2-3 cm. ed. CIIP IV 3468 דכיר לטב קוריס שימעיי ניח נפש בר אוכסנטיס דזבן הדין עמודא ליקרה דכנישתא שלום 'Remembered for the good be Kyrius Shimʿai (?), (whose) soul is resting in peace, son of Auxentius, who bought this column in honor of the synagogue. Peace. ' (CIIP IV 3468) commentary: The synagogue that was once in or near Eleutheropolis is known by this inscription and two other building fragments, a Corinthian capital with a seven-branched menorah and a decorated column. The name of the donor is uncertain since the beginning of l.3 is unclear: Kyrius is best understood as a title. The phrase "soul resting in peace" is rare in Jewish dedications, and indicates that the donor died between the time of the donation and the occasion of the in- scription. The donor’s father is Αὐξέντιος, a rare name for Jews. Bibliography CIIP IV 3468 Beyer 1984: 363 (yyBG 1) Milson 2007: 317 Naveh 1978: 109-111 (no. 71) https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/beth-guvrin/
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-05-26 16:09:51
Last update:
2024-03-27 14:39:35
Building:
Synagogue unknown
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Aramaic dedication founded on column in Synagogue. Seven lines of Jewish script inscribed on the drum of limestone column, inside a round frame. E. Sukenik found this column in 1925 built in the wall of a private house in Beit Jibrin (Beit Guvrin). Dimensions: drum: h 44, ø 36 cm; lines w 13-30 cm.
Text: letters 2-3 cm
Date: 401 CE - 600 CE
4-6th century
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestine Beth Guvrin (Eleutheropolis) 31.613056, 34.898333 Synagogue unknown column
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: dedicatory inscription
Summary:
Inscription on column in JPA script from Beth Guvrin (Eleutheropolis). AD 401 - AD 600.
Changes history: 2022-05-26 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-03-27 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-11-27 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
'Remembered for the good be Kyrius Shimʿai (?), (whose) soul is resting in peace, son of Auxentius, who bought this column in honor of the synagogue. Peace.' (CIIP IV 3468)
Commentary
The synagogue that was once in or near Eleutheropolis is known by this inscription and two other building fragments, a Corinthian capital with a seven-branched menorah and a decorated column. The name of the donor is uncertain since the beginning of l.3 is unclear: Kyrius is best understood as a title. The phrase "soul resting in peace" is rare in Jewish dedications, and indicates that the donor died between the time of the donation and the occasion of the in- scription. The donor’s father is Αὐξέντιος, a rare name for Jews.
Bibliography (edition)
- CIIP IV 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 IV: Iudaea/Idumaea, Berlin, Boston, 3468.
Bibliography
- K., Beyer, 1984, Die aramäischen Texte vom Toten Meer: samt den Inschriften aus Palästina, dem Testament Levis aus der Kairoer Genisa, der Fastenrolle und den alten Talmudischen Zitaten, Gottingen, 363. D.W., Milson, 2007, Art and Architecture of the Synagogue in Late Antique Palestine. In the Shadow of the Church, Leiden, 317. J., Naveh, 1978, On Stone and Mosaic: The Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues, Tel Aviv, 109-111, 71.