Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Narr 0009

Narran, 6th century CE. Mosaic. Dedicatory.

Black tesserae

Two menorahs Below the inscription
6th century CE Golan Narran33.045278,35.688611 Synagogue Nave

Panel three of the mosaic carpet, to the right of narr0010

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דכידיר לטב מרות טינה ויעקבברה דהנון מתחזקין בתקון אתרהחולקהון אתרה קדישה אמן

Remembered for good Marutha [(and?) ...]tinah and Jacob His son, that they donated for the repair of the place. Their portion is in their holy place. Amen.

"As Naveh points out, the meaning of the beginning of the inscription is unclear. There is no doubt that these are the letters as they appear (see fig. 31), so it seems there is a spelling error. The דכי is not in line with the rest of the inscription, suggesting that it was added later, although the surrounding tesserae fit together well. Avi-Yonah suggested reading דכי/דיר as דכי/רין, an obvious error of two letters in this common formulaic phrase. In addition to this mistake, there appear to be a few letters missing from the first word in the last line, חול]קהון]. The name “Marutha” in the second line is evidenced in Jewish usage in its Greek form, Μαρουθα, at Caesarea."

דכי דיר לטב מרות טינה ויעקב ברה דהנון מתחזקין בתקון אתרה חולקהון אתרה קדישה אמן

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