Img. ID: 428161
Greek inscription of the mosaic floor of the synagogue in Aegina, located at the Archaeological Museum of Aegina (Elias V. Messinas archive)
Name/Title
Ancient Synagogue in Aegina | Unknown
Object Detail
Greek inscription of the mosaic floor of the synagogue in Aegina, located at the Archaeological Museum of Aegina (Elias V. Messinas archive)
Settings
Unknown
Date
4th century CE
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
Unknown
Location
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Collection
Unknown |
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Category
Material / Technique
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Subject
Unknown |
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Museum
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
E (No return)
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
2 (Regional)
Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
1
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Excavated in 1928.
Main Surveys & Excavations
Excavated in 1928.
Bibliography
Zanet Battinou, Corpus Inscriptionum Judaicarum Graeciae =: Corpus of Jewish and Hebrew Inscriptions from Mainland and Island Greece (Late 4th c. B.C.E. - 15th Century) (Athens: The Jewish Museum of Greece, 2018), 132-137.
Alexeaner Panayotov, “Jews and Jewish Communities in the Balkans and the Aegean until the Twelfth Century,” in The Jewish–Greek Tradition in Antiquity and the Byzantine Empire, ed. James K. Aitken and Carleton Paget (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014), 54–76.
https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2019/08/13/greece-campaign-underway/
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
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Author of description
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Object Copyright
Negative/Photo. No.
A488728