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Tagging sacred space in the Dura-Europos synagogue

Tagging sacred space in the Dura-Europos synagogue Karen B. Stern One day in the middle of the 3rd c.1 a visitor scratched two simple words, “I (am) H � iya”, into a doorpost of the synagogue in Roman Dura-Europos. The Aramaic letters of the text are carved irregularly and largely enough to have been visible from the building’s elaborately decorated assembly hall. But unlike other elegantly painted inscriptions from the synagogue that clearly announce the names and donations of esteemed benefactors, the presence of this terse graffito, limited to a pronoun and a personal name, initially appears inexplicable. How, if at all, can we make sense of this crudely carved text, placed so ostentatiously in this sacred setting?