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English: Epitaph of Ammias, with inscriptions in Greek and in a semitic language and an engraved representation of the menorah (seven-branched candelabrum). From the Jewish catacombs of Monteverde in Rome.
Français : Épitaphe d'Ammias, portant des inscriptions en grec et dans une langue sémitique, avec une représentation gravée de la ménorah (chandelier à sept branches). Provient des catacombes juives de Monteverde à Rome.
Date between circa 299 and circa 399 AD
Medium white marble
Dimensions height: 26 cm (10.2 in); width: 36 cm (14.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,26U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,36U174728
institution QS:P195,Q333906
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Galleria lapidaria
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MC 1092
Credit line 1789: excavated. Place: Via Portuense in Rome.
Inscriptions
ἔνθα κῖτε Ἀμμι/ὰς Ἰουδε͂α ἀπὸ / Λαδικίας ἥτις ἔζησεν ἔτη (menorah) / למ πε' ש
[Here lies Ammias, a Jewess from Laodicea, who lived 85 years. Peace.] (JIWE 2 183; CIJ I 296)
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2006)
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