Tombstone of a Rebbetzin
Item
Title
Tombstone of a Rebbetzin
Description
A shell stone tombstone in a Karaite Jewish cemetery in Istanbul, Turkey with Islamic iconography. The deceased was a rebbetzin (wife of a rabbi) and was expected to uphold her husband's honor with an appropriately decorative tombstone.
Creator
Unknown
Temporal Coverage
1597-09-01
Spatial Coverage
Istanbul, Turkey
Type
Image
Date Created
ca. 1989-90
Source
https://jewishturkstones.tau.ac.il/
Contributor
Mao Reynolds
Rights
Courtesy of the academic research site "A World Beyond: Jewish Cemeteries in Turkey, 1583-1990" of the Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center of Tel Aviv University.
