web analytics

Grabsteine Riebeni 2024

Introductory remarks:

-Lines of text are in the order of lines on tombstone

-[?] after a words indicates assumed possible reading

??? mean illegible text

-“/” between words indicates several possible readings

-I put in [] the Gregorian calendar equivalent of the Jewish date [I am aware that in some cases the deceased lived in time and place where Julian calendar was used]

-(Greg.) indicates Gregorian date; (Jul.) indicates Julian date; (Adj. Jul.) indicates Julian date backdated 3 days.

-“May his soul be bundled in the bundle of life“, “May her soul be bundled in the bundle of life“ are common expressions after the name of the deceased, written with a five letter contraction in Hebrew.