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The oldest original synagogue building in the Diaspora: the Delos synagogue reconsidered
Hesperia, Fall, 2004 by Monika Trumper
(176.) Although the first stele (no. 1 in n. 123, above) has no tenon, its bottom seems not very well worked (Bruneau 1982, pp. 467-471 and fig. 2) and perhaps was inserted into a base or opening in the natural rock. The lower portion of the second stele (no. 2 in n. 123, above) is not preserved (Bruneau 1982, pp. 471-475). If both were set up in front of a wall, their findspots, outside the building, would not correspond with their original position. None of the scholars who supports the identification of GD 80 as a Samaritan synagogue discusses Bruneau's theory regarding the placement of these stelai (see above, n. 123).
(177.) Plassart 1914, p. 531.
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(178.) Bruneau 1970, pp. 482, 492; southern part, which would explain the complete destruction of its rooms; Plassart (1914) does not mention evidence of fire.
(179.) For none of the 644 lamps or fragments of lamps excavated in the Ilot de la Maison des comediens (GD 59B) is the findspot (room, exact position in room, etc.) listed (Delos XXVII, pp. 263-265). Similarly, in Delos XXVI only buildings, not rooms, are mentioned as finding places. Under these circumstances it is impossible to determine by comprehensive comparisons which type of findspot corresponds to which type of abandonment.
(180.) See Bruneau 1970, pp. 484-485, 492. In Delos XXVI see for Attic 333; bearded mask, 2494. For Corinthian lamps: ornamental decoration, 4660. For Roman lamps: trophy, 4574; nike, 4576; centaur, 4578; two horses with jockey, 4579; griffon, 4581; vase with tendrils, 4582; garland, 4583; hind, 4584; rosette, 4586; wine branches, 4587; bull, 4588; Zeus with eagle, 4589; boxer(?), 4590; erotic group (from water reservoir), 4591; vegetal decoration, 4592, 4594; maenad(?), 4598, 4599; Athena, 4600, 4601; lion ravaging donkey, 4603; shell, 4609, 4641; rosette, 4610, 4618, 4619, 4622, 4627, 4647; undecorated, 4626, 4636, 4645, 4646, 4648, 4649, 4650, 4653, 4654; nude man reclining, 4642; mammal, 4651.
(181.) Delos XXXVII, pp. 115, 199.
(182.) Delos XVIII, pp. 12-14.
(183.) Bruneau 1970, pp. 484-486; 1982; White 1987, pp. 136-147; Levine 2000, pp. 100-105.
(184.) Bruneau 1982, pp. 471-475, 483-484; see above, n. 123, stele no. 2. I am much indebted to Angelos Chaniotis and Veronique Chankowski for the discussion of this inscription, especially regarding its date, which both confirm.
(185.) Bruneau (1982, pp. 474-475) translates "en ex-voto [a Dieu]" because the building would have been designated as [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.], but he (p. 486) interprets kataskeuasanta as referring to "une installation, meuble ou immeuble, dont les Israelites etaient redevables a Menippos: des lors, qu'il ait paye 'a ses frais' le batiment tout entier, une de ses parties ou un quelconque amenagement, ces trois possibilites ont pour commune consequence que nos Israelites avaient un local a eux." White (1987, p. 144) translates "to the proseuche of God" and concludes with more certainty that Menippos has "given the funds for construction of the place of meeting for the Samaritan community on Delos."
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