Tombstone of Mordechai Son of Eliezer

Tombstone date: 
1696
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
H088
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Protruding letters
Relief style: 
Protruding
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Hight cm; Width cm; Thickness cm
Epitaph text: 

 

פה

נטמן איש

תם וישר

חיזק בפ?

על צרה

קצין נדיב

כהר"ר [כבוד הרב רבי]

מרדכי

בהור"ר [בן הרב רבי]

אליעזר

נפטר ???

???

נקברה

האשה

החשובה

הגבירה

היקרה

מרת

מלכה

בת הרר

זרה נפטר[ה]

ביום ה' ר"ח [ראש חודש]

שבט תנו

תנצבה

English translation of epitaph: 

 

Here

Is buried man

Perfect and upright

Strong ???

??? distress

The eminent and generous honorable rabbi

Mordechai

Son of rabbi Eliezer

Died ???

Is buried

Important Woman

Dear

Lady

Mrs.

Malka

Daughter of rabbi

Zara died

On Thursday

Rosh Hodesh Shvat (5)456

May her soul  be bound up in the bond of life

Decoration program: 

Flowers

Description: 

A double tombstone

Good

Documented by the Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1999

 

Documentation date: 
1999
Documented by: 
Boris Khaimovich
Documented by (old): 
Research date: 
2009
Researched by: