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ELJI0002

Judaea. El-Jib(?), 20 BCE - 135 CE. Ossuary. Funerary.
Transcription

בר חדוחדן

Translation

(Son) of Haddu (Haddan?)

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Fragmentary, partially reconstructed ossuary. Height describes that of chest plus that of broken vaulted lid. Ornamentation, on the chest's front side, consists of three metopes in line frames, each containing a six-petalled rosette within concentric line circles, with lines linking circles to corners of frames. The name is difficult to read, but the element חד, meaning "sharp, keen," is paralleled in names of Safaitic, Palmyrene, and pre-Islamic Arabic origin, as well as in Greek as Αδδος.

Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 22+3 cm; W: 49 cm; D: 21 cm

Date

20 BCE to 135 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • line circles around rosettes

  • metopes front of chest

  • line frames around metopes

  • encircled rosettes within metopes

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

No bibliography available for transcription.

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. page 194-195.
    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. page plate 79, fig. 557.
    Zotero
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