Stone ID:

LVN161

Location:

NewCem

Grounded/Loose:

loose

Intact/Fragment:

intact Group:

Location X/Y:

Location GPS:

Material:

sandstone

Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:

Inscription Style:

incised letter

Inscription Character Height, cm:

Name Original:

אברהם

Name English:

Avraham

Surname Original:

פאכער

Surname English:

Pocher

Father Original:

משה

Father English:

Moshe

Husband Original:

Husband English:

Gender:

male

Death Date Hebrew:

-Adar-568?

Death Date:

192?

Age:

Birth Date:

Profession:

Primary Symbol:

Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

[died] ... Adara I 568...
[young man] (?) our dear and [beloved] teacher
Avraham ... son of Moshe Pocher
... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... day ...
... ... ... ... in the faith
... ... ... ...
... ... ... ...
... ... ... ...
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life

Acrostic Original:

Acrostic English:

Additional Original:

Hier rucht(?)
ABRAHAM POCHER
gest. … 192.
… … … …

Additional English:

Here rests
ABRAHAM POCHER
died ... 192...
... ... ... ...

Stone Condition:

the stone is rough and the edges are broken, but most of the epitaph remains

Conservation:

This headstone and more than a hundred others were recovered from under the asphalt paving of vul. Hanna Barvinok southwest of the Lviv city center over several days in June 2018, in a volunteer event organized by the Sholem Aleichem Jewish Cultural Society of Lviv and the Lviv Volunteer Center. The stones were then moved to the new Jewish cemetery adjacent to the Yanivskyi Cemetery northwest of the city center, from which they were likely originally stolen during the German occupation of World War II.
For more information, see the About Lviv page on this website and Case Study 13 on the website A Guide to Jewish Cemetery Preservation in Western Ukraine.

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Recovery Date:

2018-06

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Other Notes:

The Hebrew epitaph appears to have an acrostic formed from the letters of the deceased's surname (Pocher).

Last Revision:

2025-01-23

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