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Writing on the Wall Writing on the Wall GRAFFITI AND THE FORGOTTEN JEWS OF ANTIQUITY Karen B. Stern Princeton University Press Princeton and Oxford Copyright © 2018 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TR press.princeton.edu Jacket image: Carving of menorah from a doorway inside a burial cave in the Necropolis of Beit Sheʾarim, Israel. Photo by Ezra Gabbay All Rights Reserved ISBN 978‑0‑691‑16133‑4 Library of Congress Control Number 2018936572 British Library Cataloging‑in‑Publication Data is available Publication of this book has been aided by a grant from the von Bothmer Publication Fund of the Archaeological Institute of America This book has been composed in Adobe Garamond Pro and Gotham Printed on acid‑free paper ∞ Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For my mother Barbara and For Ezra CONTENTS Illustrations ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Abbreviations xxi INTRODUCTION Graffiti, Ancient and Modern 1 CHAPTER 1 Carving Graffiti as Devotion 35 CHAPTER 2 Mortuary Graffiti in the Roman East 80 CHAPTER 3 Making One’s Mark in a Pagan and Christian World 141 CHAPTER 4 Rethinking Modern Graffiti through Ancient 169 Notes 177 References 239 Index 269 lIST OF IllUSTRATIONS ILLUSTRATIONS I.1 Banksy mural on West 79th Street and Broadway in New York City, USA. I.2 Political stencil from Jaffa, Israel. I.3 Anti‑Nazi graffiti on wall in downtown Erfurt, Germany. I.4 Dedicatory inscription from floor mosaic of Susiya Synagogue in Susiya, West Bank. I.5 Shutter portrait of Rabbi Yosef Hayim ben Eliyahu of Baghdad (a.k.a. Ben Ish Ḥai) in Mahane Yehudah market, Jerusalem, Israel. I.6 Tags on abandoned storefront in Lower East Side, New York City. I.7 Menorah and showbread graffiti in Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Israel. 1.1 Dipinti and graffiti on columns of façade of Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. 1.2 Graffiti of crosses along the stairway to St. Vartan’s Chapel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 1.3 West wall of the Dura‑Europos Assembly Hall in situ following excavation in Syria. 1.4 Aramaic memorial graffito from the Dura‑Europos synagogue. 1.5 Greek memorial graffito from the Dura‑Europos synagogue. 1.6 Aramaic memorial dipinto and accompanying picture from the Dura‑Europos synagogue. 1.7 Dedicatory inscription painted onto ceiling tile from Dura‑ Europos synagogue. 1.8 Detail of Persian scribal dipinti on mural depicting the Triumph of Mordechai from the assembly hall of the Dura‑ Europos synagogue.
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