Tombstone of Gitl Daughter of Moshe

Tombstone of:
Gitl Daughter of Moshe
Tombstone date: 
1898
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
C080
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Sunken letters
Relief style: 
Protruding
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 133 cm, Width 64 cm
Epitaph text: 

פנ'

אשה צנועה

וכשרה כפה

פרשה לעני

וידיה שלחה

לאביון רב מרת

גיטיל בת משה

ני' [=נרו יאיר] נ[פטרה] ערח' [=ערב ראש חודש] אדר

תרנח תנצבה

English translation of epitaph: 

Here is buried

Modest and honest woman who

Stretched out her hand to the poor and reached forth her

hands to the needy Mrs.

Gitel daughter of Moshe, his candle lights 

Died on the Eve of the Rosh Hodesh Adar

(5)658 May her soul will be bound up in the bond of life

Decoration program: 

Candelabrum flanked with two lions

Description: 

Good

Documented by the Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in 1999 and by the project Galicia in 2009.

Documentation date: 
1999
Documented by: 
Michael Beketov
Documented by (old): 
Research date: 
2009
Researched by: