Tombstone with Braided Belt
Item
Title
Tombstone with Braided Belt
Description
This coffin-tombstone from a cemetery in Tekirdağ, Turkey is split into four sections, divided down the middle by a braided belt. The decoration, including mihrab-shaped niches, are clearly Islamic despite being made for a Jewish woman.
Creator
Unknown
Temporal Coverage
1693-02-14
Spatial Coverage
Tekirdağ, 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.
