Row Zero is the earliest Row of Graves:
STONE ONE: ABRAHAM ELIYAHU DA FONSECA VALLE P.P.K.K.N.I. (PARNAZ PRESIDENTE KAAL KADOS NIDHE ISRAEL) 14 ELLVL 5418 [1658]
STONE TWO; FOUNDATION ONLY SURVIVES, ALONGSIDE AND ABUTTING THE MUSEUM.
STONE THREE: SET IN WALL: ESTER DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM AND RECECCA SEX. 17 MARCH 1705.
NO OTHER TOMBSTONES SURVIVE IN THIS AREA.
ALSO FOUND IN THIS AREA, NEXT TO FOUNDATION THREE, WAS AN ELABORATELY BURIED TERRACOTTA WINE JAR, CONTAINING THE FRAGILE REMNANTS OF TEFILLIN. THESE DISINTEGRATED ON EXPOSURE TO AIR.
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