Tombstone of Ester Malka Daughter of Yosef

Tombstone date: 
1901
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
D101
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Protruding letters
Relief style: 
Protruding
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 136 cm, Width 66 cm, Thickness 21 cm
Epitaph text: 

אסתר לפק

ארימה קול נהי

סרה מהרה עטרת

תפארתנו מעל

ראשינו אשת חיל

מלחמה נתנה לדל

לאביון שלחה ידיה

כל ימיה היא האשה

הצנועה מ' אסתר מלכה

בת המ'[נוח] יוסף ז"ל נ'[פטרה]

כב' שבט תנצבה

English translation of epitaph: 

(5)661

I will raise my voice in bitterly lament

??? our wreath

Our glory on

Our head, woman of valor

Who gave to the needy from he bread

And to the needy stretched out her hand

All her days she was modest

Woman Mrs. Ester Malka

Daughter of the late R. Yosef of blessed memory; died

22 of Shvat, may her soul  be bound up in the bond of life

Decoration program: 

Menorah, two lions

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: 
1999
Documented by: 
Olga Aleksandrova
Documented by (old): 
Research date: 
2009
Researched by: