Greek Inscriptions from Aegina, Greece

4th Century

I, Theodoros, the archisynagogos who served for four years, built the synagogue from its foundations. Revenues [contributed] amounted to 85 gold pieces and offerings to God [i.e., from the synagogue treasury] [amounted] to 105 gold pieces.

Theodoros the younger being in charge, the mosaic work has been done out of synagogue revenues. Blessings upon all who enter.

Source: CIJ 1.722–723

Translated by Lee I. Levine.

Notes

Words in brackets appear in the original translation.

Credits

Greek Inscriptions from Aegina, Greece, trans. Lee I. Levine, in Lee I. Levine, The Ancient Synagogue: The First Thousand Years, 2nd ed. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2005), p. 268. Used with permission of the publisher.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.

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