Tombstone of Reyze Daughter of Benyamin

Tombstone date: 
1903
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
C096
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Sunken letters
Relief style: 
Protruding
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 127 cm; Width 58.5 cm; Thickness 20 cm
Epitaph text: 

פנ'

אשה זקנה תמה

וישרה וצניעה

כפה פרשה לעני

וידהי שלחה

לאביון מרת

רייזי בת המנ'[וח] מ'

בנימין ז"ל נ'[פטרה] יא'

אייר תרסג

תנצבה

English translation of epitaph: 

 

Here is buried

Old perfect woman

Upright and modest

Who stretched he hand to the poor and reached forth her hands to the needy Mrs.

Reyze daughter of the late Mr.

Benyamin of blessed memory and died 11

Of Iyar (5)663

May her soul  be bound up in the bond of life

Decoration program: 

Candelabrum, two birds

Description: 

Good

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

Documentation date: 
1999
Documented by: 
Marina Bruk
Documented by (old): 
Research date: 
2009
Researched by: