Tombstone of Ester Malka Daughter of Tzvi

Tombstone date: 
1906
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
DR066
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Sunken letters
Relief style: 
Protruding
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 110 cm; Width 49 cm; Thickness 19 cm;
Epitaph text: 

יב סיון

אשה צנועה פ''נ

סרה מדרכי הרע

תמה במעשיה

רצה למצותיה

מפיה צדקה עשתה

לבעלה עטרת

כל ימיה לבניה

היתה תפארת

אסתר מלכה ב

ה' יוסף צבי ז''ל

ת'ר'ס'ו' ת'נ'צ'ב'ה'

English translation of epitaph: 

[On] 12 [of] Sivan

A modest woman here was buried

Avoiding the paths of evil

Flawless in her deeds

Was keeping her commandments

Was engaged in charity

A crown for her husband

All her days to her children

Was an adornment

Ester Malka daughter [of]

The Rabbi Tzvi, of blessed memory

[5]666

may her soul be bound in the bundle of life

Decoration program: 

Two lions and a candelabrum

Description: 

Good

Documentation date: 
August 0009
Research date: 
August 0009
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