Tombstone of Israel Son of Gershon

Tombstone of:
Israel Son of Gershon
Tombstone date: 
1908
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
CR063
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Sunken letters
Relief style: 
Protruding
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 111 cm; Width 45 cm; Thickness 17 cm;
Epitaph text: 

שנת תרסח

טו אייר ויקרבו

ימי ישראל

למות איש זקן

תם וישר ירא

ד מוה ישראל

ב המ גרשון

זל תנצבה

English translation of epitaph: 

Year [5]668

[On] 15 [of] Iyar, and the time drew near that Israel

must die

The old, flawless, honest and God fearing man

Our teacher Israel son [of] the Rabbi our teacher Gershon

Of blessed memory

may his soul be bound in the bundle of life

Decoration program: 

Two lions and a flower

Description: 

Satisfactory

Documentation date: 
August 0009
Documented by: 
Nadezhda Kuznetsova
Documented by (old): 
Research date: 
August 0009
Researched by: