Tombstone of Yehoshua Son of Avraham Menahem

Tombstone date: 
1895
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
D097
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Sunken letters
Relief style: 
Protruding
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 140 cm, Width 60 cm, Thickness 20 cm
Epitaph text: 

 

כתר תורה

תרנה

ישורין הוי

ואבו שועי

עסק בתורה

נקטף אהה

בעצב רעננו

הרחק ממנו

מנחם המ

יהושע בן

אברהם מנחם

נ י מר חשון

תנצב''ה

English translation of epitaph: 

 

The crown of Torah.

(5)655

 

[Poetic epitaph]

 

Yehoshua, son of

Avraham Menahem

He passed away on 10 of Heshvan

May his soul be bound in the bundle of life

Decoration program: 

Torah ark with scrolls, two lions, flowers, and a crown

Description: 

Good

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

Documentation date: 
August 2009
Documented by: 
Andrei Leonov
Documented by (old): 
Research date: 
September 2009
Researched by: