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Tombstone of Ester Malka Daughter of Yosef
Tombstone of:
Ester Malka Daughter of Yosef Tombstone date:
1901
Cemetery:
Community:
Code:
D101
Made of:
Sandstone
Epitaph style:
Protruding letters
Relief style:
Protruding
Directions:
Facing west
Sizes:
Height 136 cm, Width 66 cm, Thickness 21 cm
Epitaph text:
אסתר לפק
ארימה קול נהי
סרה מהרה עטרת
תפארתנו מעל
ראשינו אשת חיל
מלחמה נתנה לדל
לאביון שלחה ידיה
כל ימיה היא האשה
הצנועה מ' אסתר מלכה
בת המ'[נוח] יוסף ז"ל נ'[פטרה]
כב' שבט תנצבה
English translation of epitaph:
(5)661
I will raise my voice in bitterly lament
??? our wreath
Our glory on
Our head, woman of valor
Who gave to the needy from he bread
And to the needy stretched out her hand
All her days she was modest
Woman Mrs. Ester Malka
Daughter of the late R. Yosef of blessed memory; died
22 of Shvat, may her soul be bound up in the bond of life
Decoration program:
Menorah, two lions
Description:
Good
Documented by the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1999 and by the Project Jewish HIstory in Galicia in 2009.
Documentation date:
1999
Documented by:
Olga Aleksandrova
Documented by (old):
Research date:
2009
Researched by:
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