EXHIBIT OF THE MONTH

 Fragment of floor tile

The fragment of the floor tile was found in 2018 during the archaeological exploratory research (lead by Karolis Duderis) on the territory of the Vilnius Old Town and suburban archaeological site (u.k. 25504) located in the south/shouthwestern part of Upės St. in the section between G. Baravyko St. and the White Bridge. Along with the fragment of the tile, a fragment of a stone slab with inscriptions in Yiddish was found. According to archaeologist Duderis, the findings discovered on the archaeological research side could have originated from the nearby Šnipiškės synagogue, which was wrecked during World War II. According to the plan of Šnipiškės suburbs of 1933, the synagogue was located between the central department store and the former Hotel Lietuva. During the construction of the central department store, extensive land removal and relief transformation works were carried out in the area, during which the remains of the synagogue were probably pushed towards the bank of the River Neris.