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Ancient Synagogue in Ostia
Object Detail

Building Date
Second half of the 1st century CE

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
4th century CE

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Italy | Lazio | Rome-Ostia
| Ostia Antica

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Stone

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Museum

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance

Significance Rating
3 (National)

Condition of Building Fabric
E (No return)

Bibliography

For more images, see "Ostia Synagogue,"
Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostia_Synagogue.

Mitternacht, Dieter, “Current Views on the Synagogue of Ostia Antica and the Jews of Rome and Ostia,” in Olsson, Birger and Zetterholm, Magnus, eds., The Ancient Synagogue From Its Origins until 200 C.E.: Papers Presented at an International Conference at Lund University, October 14–17, 2001. Coniectanea Biblica. NewTes

White, L. Michael, “The Monumental Torah Shrine of the Ostia Synagogue: New Evidence from the UT-OSMAP Excavations,” Ars Judaica 18, no. 1 (November 2022): 1–43, https://doi.org/10.3828/arsjudaica.2022.18.2.

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
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Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2012

Remarks

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