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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דכירן לטב תנחום בר יודן וסמקה ונהרי בנוי דתנחום אמן

Remembered be for good Tanhum son of Yudan and Samqah and Nehorai sons of Tanhum . Amen.

דכירן לטב תנחום בר יודן וסמקה ונהרי בנוי דתנחום אמן

These 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. This one is preserved in its entirety. The blessing of this inscription is formulated in the plural, unlike the others. While Tanhum and Yudan are common names, Samqah and Nehorai are less common. The first appears in talmudic literature as a nickname meaning "Redhead;" the second derives from an Aramaic word for "light" and was common among the tannaim and amoraim of ancient Palestine.

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