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Courtesy Martin Seyer

JEWISH SYMBOLS. Broken chancel screens and pillars were found in Limyra’s Jewish building. The screens had been reused as paving stones, but originally they would have been used in a synagogue to separate the Torah Shrine from the rest of the hall. A menorah and shofar (ram’s horn) appear on one chancel screen, and a menorah and lulav (palm branch) on the other, widely used symbols in other ancient Jewish art.