Stone ID:

S25B

Location:

Wall of Memory

Grounded/Loose:

grounded

Intact/Fragment:

intact Group:

Location X/Y:

Location GPS:

Material:

Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:

Inscription Style:

incised letter

Inscription Character Height, cm:

Name Original:

לאה

Name English:

Leah

Surname Original:

Surname English:

Father Original:

דוב

Father English:

Dov

Husband Original:

Husband English:

Gender:

female

Death Date Hebrew:

25-Nisan-5699

Death Date:

1939-04-14*

Age:

Birth Date:

Profession:

Primary Symbol:

5-arm candelabrum

Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

here buried
a woman 'young in years'
the lady Leah daughter of
Dov
died 25th Nisan 5699
may her soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life

Acrostic Original:

Acrostic English:

Additional Original:

Additional English:

Stone Condition:

very good; most of surface retains a coating of red/orange paint

Conservation:

Recovered from a walkway behind the house at vul. Adama Mitskevycha 8 in downtown Dobromyl in March 2016, then installed in a newly-constructed Wall of Memory at the Dobromyl Jewish cemetery in May and June 2016; see the web page About Dobromyl for more information.

ID Tag Poistion:

Recovery Date:

2016-03-12

Recovery GPS:

Other Notes:

[N] Almost a century later, the guidelines used by the stonemason to help carve the letters are still visible, as is the reddish hue of this gravestone.
[N2] Literally 'soft in years'.

See About Dobromyl for an index to headstone locations in the Wall of Memory.
Stone is recorded as Grounded because it is fixed in the Wall of Memory.

Last Revision:

2024-04-28

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