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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: H.U.,
"דכיר לטב יודן בר ישמעאל דעבד הדן סטוה ודרגוה בפעלה יהי לו חלק עם צדיקים" The Cathedra is a larg stone seat with back support and two arms.The back support is decorated in releif of four petald blossem inclosed by a medalion.The arm are shaped in the form of animal legs.The seat front bears an inscription.
Name/Title
Korazin Synagogue | Unknown
Object Detail
Cathedra "seats of Moses" (4)
Settings
Unknown
Date
4th-5th Century CE
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
Unknown
Site
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Period Detail
Collection
Unknown |
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Basalt## Carved
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
R | Rosette
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Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
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
Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
0
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
Some scholars identify this cathedra with the "seat of moses",which is mentioned in the rabbanic literature and in the New Testament. According to Z.Yeivin this fragment is reconstructed in the reader's niche (4). G.Foerster suggested that the inscription mentioned one of the Rabbi wich is known from the Rabbanic sources.His name in the sources is Yehuda Ben Yshmael and he lives in the third century A.D.
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Foester, Galilean, 1972, p.30. Kohl and Watzinger, Antike, 1916, p.44, fig.82.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
| R.T. 1983 & R.B.A. 1993 & A.F.
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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Negative/Photo. No.