Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Galilee. Sepphoris, 400 CE - 500 CE. Synagogue. Black and white floor mosaic. Dedication.

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400 CE - 500 CE Galilee Sepphoris Synagogue Northern Aisle

Sepphoris, Synagogue. Mosaic carpet in Northern Aisle.

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דכיר לטב תנחום בר ובנוי אמן

[Remembered be for] good [Tanhu]m son of [...] and his sons. Amen.

דכיר לטב תנחום בר ובנוי אמן

Inscriptions were placed in the square panels appearing at the junctions between the circles that comprise the mosaic carpet in the northern aisle. The pattern suggests that there were originally thirteen dedicatory inscriptions in all. Only the ends of each of this inscription's four lines are preserved. The beginning of line 1 is assumed to be the standard "Remembered be for..." The beginning of line 2 is the donor's name, which cannot be accurately reconstructed because only its last letter remains. It might have been Tanhum, Menahem, Nahum, or something else. The phrase "son of" at the end of line 2 attests that at the beginning of line 3 appeared the name of the donor's father. The beginning of line 4, preceding the final "Amen," was probably another "Amen," as is true of several of the other inscriptions at this location.

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