Tombstone of David Petahiyah Son of Asher Yehuda

Tombstone date: 
1903
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
D023
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Sunken letters
Relief style: 
Protruding
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 128 cm, Width 60 cm, Thickness 20 cm
Epitaph text: 

 

תרסד

איש הולך בדרך

תמים ירא ד כל

ימיו עושה ועוסק

באמונה ויקרבו

ימי ר דוד פתחיה

בהמ אשר יהודא

נ ביום הקודש

תנצבה

English translation of epitaph: 

 

(5)664

God-fearing man

[Who] kept the way of  justice

All his days he was engaged in faith

And the days are coming

Rabbi David Petahiyah son of the late Asher Yehuda

He passed away on the holy day [Yom Kippur?]

May his soul be bound in the bundle of life

Decoration program: 

Two lions and a flower

Description: 

Good

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