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ROHATYN JEWISH HEADSTONE DATABASE
Stone ID:
RL0042
Location:
OldCem
Grounded/Loose:
loose
Intact/Fragment:
fragment Group:
Location X/Y:
Location GPS:
49.4077 24.6159
Material:
limestone
Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:
Inscription Style:
incised letter
Inscription Character Height, cm:
Name Original:
פעריל
Name English:
Peril
Surname Original:
Surname English:
Father Original:
Father English:
Husband Original:
Husband English:
Gender:
female
Death Date Hebrew:
03-Tishrei-5569
Death Date:
1808-09-24*
Age:
Birth Date:
Profession:
Primary Symbol:
Epitaph Original:
צום גדליה
(?)…תקס'ט ת
על שופרא דבל
בעפרא מרגליוה
טובה ויקרה צנועה
וישרה אשה יראת
ה' מרת פעריל
Epitaph English:
on the Fast of Gedaliah
5569 ...
for the best ...
dust scattered from her feet(?)
a kind, dear, chaste
and godly woman
this lady Peril
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Stone Condition:
very good, with a very legible epitaph; there is slight damage around the top and the bottom portion is lost, but most of the epitaph is intact
Conservation:
The stone was one of many found at undocumented locations around Rohatyn and recovered under the direction of Mykhailo Vorobets and moved to the new Jewish cemetery in 2011. Mr. Vorobets later arranged to have the stone moved to the old Jewish cemetery in spring 2015.
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Recovery Date:
2011
Recovery GPS:
Other Notes:
English translation by members of the Rohatyn District Research Group (RDRG).
RDRG stone # M22.
Last Revision:
2026-04-29
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