LVIV JEWISH HEADSTONE DATABASE
Stone ID:
LVN373
Location:
Grounded/Loose:
loose
Intact/Fragment:
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Location GPS:
Material:
sandstone
Color: pink Dimensions W H D, cm:
Inscription Style:
incised letter
Inscription Character Height, cm:
Name Original:
אדיל
Name English:
Adel
Surname Original:
שאטטען
Surname English:
Schatten
Father Original:
נתן
Father English:
Natan
Husband Original:
Husband English:
Gender:
female
Death Date Hebrew:
18-Cheshvan-5660
Death Date:
1899-10-22*
Age:
Birth Date:
Profession:
Primary Symbol:
tree(s)
Epitaph Original:
'נפ' י'ח'(?) חשון תרס
פ'נ' אשה רכה בשנים
אשת חיל יקרת רוח
'ידה שלחה לדל מ
'אדיל שאטטען ב'ר
… … (?)נתן
פ'נ' אשה רכה בשנים
אשת חיל יקרת רוח
'ידה שלחה לדל מ
'אדיל שאטטען ב'ר
… … (?)נתן
Epitaph English:
died 18th(?) Cheshvan [5]660
a woman in her young years
a woman of activity, good-natured
... ... for the poor ladies
Adel Schatten daughter of
Natan (?) ... ...
a woman in her young years
a woman of activity, good-natured
... ... for the poor ladies
Adel Schatten daughter of
Natan (?) ... ...
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Stone Condition:
only the upper part of this stone survives, broken at the bottom edge and corners but otherwise in good condition
Conservation:
This headstone and hundreds of others were excavated in early July 2020 from under the soil surface of an enclosed yard of the
Ukrainian National Museum-Memorial of Victims of the Occupation Regimes in Lviv, also called the "Prison on Łącki Street" or in transliterated Ukrainian, simply "Lontsky". It is almost certain that the stones were stolen from the new Jewish cemetery adjacent to the Yanivskyi Cemetery northwest of the Lviv city center during the the German occupation of World War II, and used as paving for the prison yard.
Shortly after the excavation the headstones were photographed on two separate occasions by Sasha Nazar and Oleksandr Papevskiy; together those images added more than 350 new headstones to this database. Five years later and with cooperation of the site's authorities, in June 2025 the headstones were stacked onto pallets and then in July 2025 they were returned to the new Jewish cemetery in Lviv under the direction of Sasha Nazar of the Sholem Aleichem Jewish Cultural Society.
For more information, see the About Lviv page on this website.
Shortly after the excavation the headstones were photographed on two separate occasions by Sasha Nazar and Oleksandr Papevskiy; together those images added more than 350 new headstones to this database. Five years later and with cooperation of the site's authorities, in June 2025 the headstones were stacked onto pallets and then in July 2025 they were returned to the new Jewish cemetery in Lviv under the direction of Sasha Nazar of the Sholem Aleichem Jewish Cultural Society.
For more information, see the About Lviv page on this website.
ID Tag Poistion:
Recovery Date:
2025-07
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Last Revision:
2025-03-28
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