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)
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
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Daniel Ventura, via Wikimedia Commons
Photographer
Photograph Date
2012
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 41.748875, 12.288496