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Epitaph from the Tombstone of Rebecca Henriquez da Costa
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On the day of my abundant joy illness suddenly overcame me Birth pangs and rupture overwhelmed me I gave birth and died, like a blossom I turned away And the fruit of my womb was brought with me to…

Contributor:

Rebecca Henriquez da Costa

Places:

Cassipora, Dutch Colonial Empire (Cassipora, Suriname)

Date:

1771

Subjects:

Life cycle, Death, Birth, Mourning, Tombs

Categories:

History, Inscriptions
Curaçao Cemetery, Gravestone Inscriptions
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Italics indicate that the text was written in Hebrew, not Portuguese.

Contributor:

The Jewish Community of Curaçao

Places:

Curaçao, Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)

Date:

Early 18th Century

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cemetery, Burial, Mourning, Death

Categories:

History, Inscriptions, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Cemetery (Altona)
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The Jewish cemetery of Altona is made up of two separate cemeteries, one Sephardic (established in 1611 and later expanded several times) and one Ashkenazic (1616, also later expanded). In the…

Places:

Altona, Denmark (Altona, Germany)

Date:

17th and 18th Centuries

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cemetery, Burial, Mourning, Death

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Inscriptions
Gravestones in rows.
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel Cemetery, Gravestone
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Manuel Levy Ximenes Belmonte (1729) and Esther de Pinto (1741)

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

First Half of the 18th Century

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cemetery, Burial, Mourning, Death

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Inscriptions
Tombstone with crest on top, and twin columns of text below.
Jamaica Cemetery, Gravestone Inscriptions
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Gravestone of honorable old lady Sra Rachel, wife of the wealthy citizen the honorable R. Jacob Fernandes Gill, deceased, seventh day of Passover, 22 Nisan 5486May her soul be…

Places:

Jamaica, British America and the British West Indies (Jamaica)

Date:

17th and 18th Centuries

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cemetery, Burial, Mourning, Death

Categories:

History, Inscriptions, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Barbados Cemetery, Gravestone Inscriptions
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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…

Places:

Barbados, British America and the British West Indies (Barbados)

Date:

1700–1750

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cemetery, Burial, Mourning, Death

Categories:

History, Inscriptions, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Gravestone of Mordecai Hezekiah Namias de Crasto (replica)
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In reference to the deceased’s name, the central verse fragment on this monument reads “And Mordechai came before the king . . .” (Esther 8:1), and the top panel contains a low relief of a richly clad…

Places:

Curaçao, Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)

Date:

1716

Subjects:

Death, Angels, demons & deities, Time, Ecology, Astronomy

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Decorative Arts
Tombstone of three cherubs and central Portuguese inscription, with engraving of wilted flower, skull, hourglass, and sun, with top panel of engraving of man riding in a procession through street and Hebrew text across the middle.