Tombstone of Shimon Son of Avir Halevi

Tombstone date: 
1840
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
G015
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Sunken letters
Relief style: 
Sunken
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 86 cm, Width 61 cm, Thickness 15cm
Epitaph text: 

 

שנת

תר

פנ

ז[וגתו] הצנועה

מ[רת] סילקע

בת מוה

מרדכי זל

נ' יח אדר

תנצבה

שנת

תר

פנ

איש תם

וישר מו

שמעון במ

עביר הלוי

נ' ד ג שבט

תנצבה

 

English translation of epitaph: 

 

The year (5)600

Here lies

flawless and

 honest man, our teacher

Shimon, son of our teacher

Avir Ha-Levi

He passed away on Wednesday, 3 Shvat [= 8 January 1840]

May his soul be bound in the bundle of life

The year (5)600

Here lies

his modest wife

Mrs. Silke, daughter of

our teacher Rabbi

Mordechai, of blessed memory.

She passed away on 18 Adar [=22 February 1840]

May her soul be bound in the bundle of life

 

 

Decoration program: 

circle

Description: 

Good

Documentation date: 
August 2009
Documented by: 
Marina Bruk
Documented by (old): 
Research date: 
September 2009
Researched by: