Sample Sources
The sources below are those contained in our three curated collections—covering themes of Passover, Gender Roles, and Holocaust Resistance. They represent a fraction of the thousands of sources that will be available when the full site launches in 2024.
Talmudic Inscription, Rehob
This Hebrew and Aramaic inscription from the mosaic floor of the Rehob synagogue, in the Galilee, is the earliest extant version of a rabbinic halakhic text. It includes elements found in tannaitic…
Caesarea
Caesarea had one of the largest and most impressive harbors of the Roman period, as shown in this reconstruction. The development of this natural harbor—one of the very few on the coast—allowed…
Jerusalem in the Byzantine Period (Drawing)
In the five centuries following the Bar Kokhba revolt, Jerusalem remained under Roman and then Byzantine rule and became heavily Christianized. In the fourth century, the Roman emperor Constantine I…
Table and Bench, Qumran (Reconstruction)
This reconstruction of a table and bench from Qumran is housed at the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum in Jerusalem. The furniture, which was made of mud brick and covered with plaster, was found in…
Mosaic Floor, Aegina, Greece
This floor mosaic with Greek inscriptions was found on the island of Aegina in Greece and is evidence of a synagogue there.
Lamp with Menorah, Sumaqa
This oil lamp, found in Sumaqa in the Carmel region, is decorated with an image of a menorah. The oil was poured into the two smaller holes and the wick placed in the larger opening. Lamps like these…
Silver Amulet against Enemies
Silver amulet discovered in a commercial public space in Sepphoris, late fourth or early fifth century CE. The 10-cm-long plaque contains fifty-five lines of Aramaic text…
