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This rounded piece of silver (which is part of a hack silver) was used as a method of payment. Its weigh is 497.38 g. The overlying Aramaic inscription mentions that this is a property of Barrakib, son of Panammuwa, Prince of...

No historical evidence exists of a Jewish community in Yeghegis, Armenia during medieval times. Indeed, there is also no written record of contemporaneous Jewish communities in medieval Armenia. Nearly...

Statue of the priest Bano Abdo from Hatra. The statue’s base is inscribed with an Aramaic text. The man has a long beard and an upward-curling mustache. He looks forward and wears a long conical hat. His hands...

No historical evidence exists of a Jewish community in Yeghegis, Armenia during medieval times. Indeed, there is also no written record of contemporaneous Jewish communities in medieval Armenia. Nearly 40 tombstones...

The oldest known synagogue mosaic with figurative motifs, this scene depicts a battle between a giant and soldiers armed with swords, shields, and lances. The soldiers are depicted as either wounded or dead. At the edge of the...