Aramaic Inscription on Mosaic from Jericho, Jordan Valley
Remembered for good be the memory for good, (including) the entire holy community, the great and small ones, who were aided by the Lord of the Universe and (who) donated and made the mosaic. May the One who knows their names and those of their children, and of their households inscribe them in the Book of Life [together with] the righteous, the…
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Early Synagogue Donors and Benefactors
3rd Century BCE–7th Century CE
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