M14 Cat. 549

Inscription

Marble, Stone

“Late in the building history of the Synagogue” (Kroll); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Fragment of the left end of the railing of the Forecourt balustrade of white marble; broken at the top and right. The inscription is in one line.

M14 Cat. 550

Inscription

Marble, Stone

Late 4th–6th century AD; cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Fragments of a tabula ansata of white marble with an inscription in raised relief; two flowers and tendrils are depicted at each end. The three registers of the inscription stand within four horizontal lines. The depressed background had been painted...

M14 Cat. 551

Inscription

Marble, Stone

Late 4th–6th century AD. (Roman)

Lower left corner fragment of a tabula ansata of white marble similar to no. 550; broken on top and right. Three registers of the inscription stood within four horizontal lines. The recessed background had been painted in red.

M14 Cat. 552

Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD. (Roman)

Plaque of white marble. There is a slot in the middle of the underside to receive a tenon. The text is enclosed in an incised tabula ansata frame.

M14 Cat. 553

Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Two joining panels of marble; in the upper panel are ll. 1–10; “the plaque was attached to a base of masonry on which the menorah stood” (Kroll).

M14 Cat. 554

Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Panel of marble broken into fragments, some of which are missing.

M14 Cat. 555

Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

“The upper left and the bottom fragments of a single plaque” of white marble (Kroll). Letters have traces of red paint. The plaque “was probably attached to one of the furnishings that were clustered at the middle of the western end of the Main Hall”...

M14 Cat. 556

Inscription

Marble, Stone

About the final phase of the Synagogue (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Two non-joining fragments (a, b) of the crossbar of a marble menorah.

M14 Cat. 557

Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Pedestal of marble. On the upper surface is part of an “iron pin that anchored the object displayed on the pedestal (another menorah?)” (Kroll).

M14 Cat. 558

Inscription

Marble, Stone

End of the 3rd century AD (letter shape; see SEG). (Roman)

Upper left edge of a slab of marble; broken on all the other edges.

M14 Cat. 559

Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Three non-joining fragments of a crowning member of marble. “The inscription runs across one face on the cyma molding” (Kroll). At the left of the text (which is in one line) is the depiction of a menorah and ivy leaf; at the right: a Torah shrine co...

M14 Cat. 560

Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Two fragments of a plinth of marble; both fragments are broken at left and right. The inscription is on one lateral face in one line.

M14 Cat. 561

Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Two joining pieces of a segment of a crowning member of marble; broken at left, right, and behind; perhaps a “door lintel?”, Kroll. The inscription runs across the upper fascia in one line.

M14 Cat. 562

Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Fragment of a slab of blue granite; broken on all sides.

M14 Cat. 563

Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

(a) “Five joining fragments of an inscription inside a circular medallion on a large square or rectangular slab” of marble (Kroll); (b) “a non-joining fragment”. “On the back side…there is a hole for an iron pin for fastening the slab to a wall” (Kro...

M14 Cat. 564

Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Four joining fragments of a medallion of marble, like no. 563. “The original right edge of the slab is preserved, as is part of a raised horizontal molding underneath the medallion” (Kroll).

M14 Cat. 565

Inscription, Graffito

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

“Graffito on the marble pavement…a circle, divided into eight segments with a letter in each segment” (Kroll).

M14 Cat. 566

Inscription

Marble, Stone

5th–6th century AD? (Roman)

Fragment of a tabula ansata of white coarse marble; broken on all sides, while portions of the upper, left, and lower edges of the tabula are preserved, and the rear face is smooth. Bilingual Greek and Hebrew inscription.

M14 Cat. 567

Statue Base, Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Hanfmann). (Roman)

Base of marble; three registers separated by two beveled channels. The inscription runs on two sides in the middle register; one side is plain.

M14 Cat. 568

Inscription

Marble, Stone

(Roman)

White polished marble plaque.

M14 Cat. 568a

Inscription

Plaster

Later Roman Imperial period. (Roman)

“Fragment of wall plaster with painted inscription; under the inscription a zigzag border” (SEG).

M14 Cat. 569

Architecture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Probably Hellenistic. (Hellenistic)

Marble, at the time of the original publication, serving as threshold in a house. - “ἐν χωρίῳ Τατάρ”, cf. 683, lemma.

M14 Cat. 570

Architecture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

3rd century AD? (Roman)

Wedge-shaped block of white marble; damaged at the lower and partly at the front parts. Except for the rear face, which is rough and has a rectangular dowel hole, the faces are smoothed. Near the upper face a wreath surrounds the worn inscription.

M14 Cat. 571

Architecture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Roman Imperial period? (Roman)

Block of white marble with gray veins, reused in Roman times as a column base. On the upper face of the base (i.e., the original inscribed face) there is a dowel hole. The letters are faint in ll. 1–2 and partly so in ll. 3–4.

M14 Cat. 572

Architecture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Early to mid-1st century AD? (ed. pr.); or later? (Roman)

“Pediment block with raking cornice found in association with fragments of an early imperial temple tentatively identified as a sanctuary of the imperial cult” (SEG). The letters “are finished with the same preliminary tooling as the rest of the surf...