Tombstone from Cochin, India

A Gift to Hofshteyn

Shown here is a reconstructed burial chamber from Ketef Hinnom, on exhibit at the Israel Museum. There are ledges along the side and back walls, with low parapets visible along two of the ledges. A…

Now in the suburbs and the falling light I followed him, and now down sandy road Whiter than bone-dust, through the sweet Curdle of fields, where the plums Dropped with their load of ripeness, one by…