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[This is the grave] of the blessed, revered, and God-fearing Abraham Baruh Henriques, who, in his life, sustained this Holy Synagogue of Nidhe Israel and protected it with…
Cursed be Hagab! Son of Hagab
To YHWH of the Hosts
Translated by Anson F. Rainey from Shmuel Aḥituv’s Hebrew edition.
This inscription was written by someone who was apparently hiding in the cave. For a photograph of the inscription, see Hamsa-like Hand in Khirbet el-Kom (Makkedah) Tomb.Uriyahu the governor wrote it…
I have set this stone as a weight, not as a memorial, over my wife’s grave, lest (God forbid!) she rise from the dead and come back home.
Peace unto thy beautified and pious soul, beloved and affectionate mother, who hast given me birth, and who hast reared me. Thou who hast loved, fostered, and…
His two months, namely, ingathering; his two months, namely, seed (or: sowing); his two months, namely, late sowing; his month, namely, flax-cutting; his month, namely, barley harvest; his month…