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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Unknown,
The sarcophagus has a rectangular body and a high gabled lid with four acroteria on the corners. Only the front of the sarcophagus is decorated, with a rectangular frame, tending slightly to the right. Within the frame are six coloumns, filling the space between them, are three smaller columns, a sacred object and a figure with an animal. The Six caved columns, set on pedestals with schematic Ionic and Corinthian capitals. From right to left: The first three columns are with Corinthian capitals, the next two are with Ionic capitals, and last one with Corinthian capital. A different pattern is depicted between each two columns. The space between the first two columns to the right, is filled with two enlongated pointed spools, obliquely fluted and standing in a bowl-like object, which stands on a pedestal. The next two spaces are filled with flat columns, lower than the main ones. They are fluted vertically and marked with short incisions. The next space is filled with a figure of man (a hunter?) standing on a pedestal. The man is dressed with a striped shirt and holds a spear in his left hand. In front of him is a small animal in a leaping position (dog?). The last space is decorated with same motif of a flat fluted column.
Name/Title
The Column Sarcophagus from Beth She`arim | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Settings
Unknown
Date
2nd - 3rd century CE
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Unknown |
Congregation
Unknown
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period Detail
Collection
Unknown | Israel: Beth She`arim, catacomb 20; sarcophagus no.124
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Limestone; carved in sunken relief. All the lines were painted red.
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
85 cm. (body)
60 cm. (lid)
Length
Width
87 cm. (body)
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Subject
D | Dog
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Condition
The lid is broken in the center into two parts, A small robbers hole on the upper front side.
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
According to N. Avigad, the enlongated object betwwen the first two columns, represents a sacrificial chalice.
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
The sarcophagus was found in catacomb 20, Room no.XXVI
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Avigad,N. Beth Shearim III, p.154-156, fig.68, Pl.L:1
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
| T.M. (D.S.) 1981; O.S. 1998
Author of description
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.