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BELV0001

Belvoir, 4th-7th century. Basalt Lintel. Dedicatory


Transcription דכיר לטב פלוני דשרן הדה סכופתה מן דרחמנה ומן עמלה אמן אמן סלה
Translation [Remember for good so-and-so] who donated this lintel from the Merciful [One] and from his [own] property. Amen, Amen, Selah.
Diplomatic [no diplomatic]

Transcription

דכיר לטב פלוני דשרן הדה סכופתה מן דרחמנה ומן עמלה אמן אמן סלה

Translation

[Remember for good so-and-so] who donated this lintel from the Merciful [One] and from his [own] property. Amen, Amen, Selah.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:: 300 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 700 CE

Notes

"The piece is unusual in that it shows two aediculae flanking a menorah, and not menorahs on either side of a Torah Shrine."

Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 105 cm; W: 55 cm; D: —

Date

300 CE to 700 CE

Current location

IAA 66-76/3

Figures

seven branch menorah, flanked by a shofar, lubab, and ethrog to the left of the inscription
empty tabula ansata above inscription

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

Naveh, Yosef. On Stone and Mosaic. The Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues. ha-Hevrah la-Hakirat Erets Yisra’el va-’Atikoteha, 1978.

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Source of transcription

Naveh, Yosef. On Stone and Mosaic. The Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues. ha-Hevrah la-Hakirat Erets Yisra’el va-’Atikoteha, 1978.

Zotero

Source of translation

Naveh, Yosef. On Stone and Mosaic. The Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues. ha-Hevrah la-Hakirat Erets Yisra’el va-’Atikoteha, 1978.

Zotero

Other sources

Anonymous. “Catalogue of Objects in the Exhibition.” In Sacred Realm: The Emergence of the Synagogue in the Ancient World, 155–77. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Zotero

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