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A seven-branched lampstand, used as a Jewish memorial marker.
Also known as: Candlestick on a grave
The seven-branched lampstand of the Temple. On Jewish monuments it identifies the grave and, in some communities, specifically the grave of a woman — a convention that varies enough by community not to be relied on.
On monuments identifies a Jewish grave. In a number of communities it marks a woman's grave specifically, from the association with the Sabbath candles, though the convention is not universal and should not be relied on alone.
A community-specific convention rather than a general rule.
Distinct from the nine-branched hanukkiah used at Hanukkah, which is frequently also called a menorah in ordinary speech. On a monument the branch count is worth counting.
Is a use of a symbol rather than a symbol of its own: what is carved is the seven-branched lampstand, and what this record describes is what its presence on a grave marker signifies. A reader who wants the object itself wants the general record.
A central upright stem on a foot with three curved branches rising from each side, all seven arms ending level at the top in small lamp cups.
The gravestone motif depicts the seven-branched lampstand.