Tombstone of Yehuda Leib Son of Yaakov

Tombstone date: 
1771
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
A1.28
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Protruding letters
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 100 cm; Width 74 cm; Thickness 15.3 cm
Epitaph text: 

 

פה

נטמן איש

תם וישר הה'

הרר' יהודא

ליב בהרר'

יעקב ונפטר

יז' ימים לחו[דש]

תשרי שנת

תקלא תנצבה

פנ'

בנו הרך

שמואל

ונפטר ךה'

ימים בחודש

איר שנת

תקךז

English translation of epitaph: 

 

Here

Is buried man

Perfect and upright

R. Yehuda

Leib son of

R. Yaakov And he died

17 days of

The month

Tishrei the year

(5)531

May his soul  be bound up in the bond of life

Here is buried

His young son

Shmuel

And died 25

Days of the month

Iyar the year

(5)527

Decoration program: 

None

Description: 

Good

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

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