Tombstone of Jeremias Kolokasios, 300?-499?.

Format:

3D object

Author/Creator:

Iose and Theodotus, active 4th or 5th centuries.

Contributor:

Sulzberger, Mayer, 1843-1923, former owner.

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.

Language:

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Israel.

Syria.

Kolokasios, Jeremias, (son of Iose and Theodotus), active 4th or 5th century--Death and burial.

Kolokasios, Jeremias.

Jews--Israel--4th century--History--Sources.

Jews.

Jews--Israel--5th century--History--Sources.

Jews--Syria--4th century--History--Sources.

Jews--Syria--5th century--History--Sources.

Menorah--Art.

Menorah.

Death and burial of a person.

Genre:

tombstones (sepulchral monuments)

inscriptions

marks (identifying markings)

Art

History

Sources

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Mayer Sulzberger, donated to the Dropsie College Library, May 1924 (letter, Cyrus Adler to Joseph Sulzberger, housed in the Dropsie College files).

Physical Description:

1 stone tablet : marble ; 190 x 210 x 20 mm ; 160 x 200 mm (carved portion)

Production:

[Syria? Holy Land?], [circa 4th-5th centuries].

Place of Publication:

300?-499?.

Language Note:

Ancient Greek.

Biography/History:

A Jewish couple living in Palestine, Cilicia, or Syria, possibly involved in agriculture or horticulture (Schwartz, footnotes 7 and 8).

Summary:

Tombstone with epitaph, of a Jewish youth, dating to the 4th or 5th centuries; a Jewish epitaph text in classical Greek carved directly on a square marble plaque; the vertical edges have a slight inward bezel, probably to fit the stone into a chiseled setting on a wall. The text is uniformly in six lines, centered and aligned; "ΘΗΚΗΙΕΡΕΜ | ΙΑΚΟΛΟΚΑΣΙ | ΟΥΙΩΣΗΚΕ | ΘΕΟΔΟΤΟΥ | ΣΟΙΤΕΚΝΩΑΥ | ΤΩΝ [image of the Temple Menorah]" (a portion missing at final line; Schwartz suggests "έποίησαν" (p. 91; perhaps this would read as ΈΠΟΊΗΣΑΝ); translating to : gravestone of Jeremais Kolokasios ; Iose and Theodotous made this for their son. Item probably originated in Palestine, Syria, or [Roman] Cilicia (Schwartz); stone face smoothed or sanded, back rough with chisel scraping.

Cited in:

"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," UNKN0137

Publications about:

Schwartz, Seth. "A Greek Inscription in the Library of the Annenberg Research Institute." The Jewish Quarterly Review, vol. 80, no. 1/2, 1989, pp. 87-91.

Cited as:

UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 468.

OCLC:

1371463348

Access Restriction:

Restricted: Display case (Rare Book Room, Library at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies).