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BETG0001

Judaea(?). Vicinity of Bet Govrin(?). 70 CE to 250 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with finely incised ornamentation. Funerary.
Transcription

קנרס

Translation

Kynoros

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Very worn ossuary has red wash, low feet, and a hole bored through its front side below the rim that may be a sign of a robbery attempted in antiquity. Height describes that of chest plus that of gabled lid with fingergrips. Lid is damaged and has ornamentation on its front side consisting of two metopes, each containing a zigzag semi-circle, within a zigzag frame. Ornamentation, on the chest's front side, consists of two metopes in a zigzag frame, each horizontally divided by a zigzag and containing a zigzag semi-circle in the upper region and a six-petalled rosette(?) within a zigzag circle in the lower region. Left and right sides of the chest are similar, but with a pyramid-capped, cube-shaped nefesh in the lower region, with a reticulate pattern overlaying the pyramid and further ornaments at its base. Uprights of frames continue on edges of lid. The semi-circles on the lid and front, left and right sides of the chest may represent the domed tombs constructed in the second century and first half of the third century CE. Inscription appears on the chest's back side. The reading of the name is corroborated by a bilingual inscription on an ossuary from Kh. Zif.

Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 31+10 cm; W: 59 cm; D: 30 cm

Date

70 CE to 250 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • cube-shaped nefesh, pyramid-capped in metopes on left and right of chest

  • zigzag frame within metopes on lid and front of chest

  • encircled rosettes in metopes on front of chest

  • metopes front of lid and front, left and right of chest

  • zigzag circles encircling rosettes

  • zigzag semi-circles possibly representing domed tombs in metopes on lid and front, left and right of chest

  • reticulate pattern overlaying pyramid

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

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Source of translation

No bibliography available for translation.

Other sources

  • Rahmani, L.Y. A Catalogue of Jewish Ossuaries in the Collections of the State of Israel. Edited by Ayala Sussmann. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1994.
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  • Rahmani, L.Y. A Catalogue of Jewish Ossuaries in the Collections of the State of Israel. Edited by Ayala Sussmann. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1994.
    Zotero
  • Rahmani, L.Y. A Catalogue of Jewish Ossuaries in the Collections of the State of Israel. Edited by Ayala Sussmann. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1994.
    Zotero
  • Rahmani, L.Y. A Catalogue of Jewish Ossuaries in the Collections of the State of Israel. Edited by Ayala Sussmann. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1994.
    Zotero
  • Rahmani, L.Y. A Catalogue of Jewish Ossuaries in the Collections of the State of Israel. Edited by Ayala Sussmann. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1994.
    Zotero
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