A clay lagena from Hagia Sophia and Jewish piety in 11th-century Thessaloniki
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The study presents a clay lagena with impressed and incised geometrical decoration dating to the mid-11th century discovered in Hagia Sophia’s western gallery in Thessaloniki. At least 14 lagenes similar in size and shape were identified from the same context likely locally made. What sets this vessel apart is the secondary Hebrew inscription «berakhah» ( הָכָרְּב ), meaning «blessing», revealing its Jewish ownership. This is the only movable archaeological find directly linked to the middle Byzantine Thessalonian Jews.
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ANTONARAS (Αναστάσιος Χ. ΑΝΤΩΝΑΡΑΣ) A. C. (2025). A clay lagena from Hagia Sophia and Jewish piety in 11th-century Thessaloniki. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 44, 387–398. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.40850
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