JOSEPH BENJAMIN
 
   
 

Country of Origin:
RUSSIA ?

Date:
1840 -
1915.3.29

Surface Treatment :
Hebrew Inscription at the top and English below.

Stone :
White Marble


 

Stone Found at:
Guang Hua

Date the Stone Was Found:
2002.8.20

Size:
?

State of Conservation :
well kept


 
     
Additional Info
This stone was located with the help of a local property owner who directed the project team to the river side. The stone was hauled out of the water and rolled to street level. 50 RMB was paid for this stone The Hebrew inscription reads "Here rests in old age,naive and strate Benjamin son of Joseph. A carved Star of David is visible..Joseph Benjamin died in Shanghai at the age of 75.

 

 
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