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JERI0002

Judaea. Jericho. 5 CE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary.
Transcription

פלטיא מן ירושלם

Translation

Pelaṭya, from Jerusalem

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Unfinished, broken and battered, reconstructed and slightly restored ossuary has low feet, some damaged, and the fragment of a flat lid. Ornamentation, on the chest's front side, consists of two metopes in zigzag frames, each containing a six-petalled rosette within a zigzag circle. Two petals of each rosette are unfinished. Worn inscription appears on the chest's left side. The name occurs in Rabbinic sources as that of R. Paltiya (or Pelatya) of Naveh. This inscription and a bowl found in the tomb confirm that the family interred there originated in Jerusalem (where some of the Jericho ossuaries were manufactured).

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 31.5 cm; W: 55 cm; D: 25.5 cm

Date

5 CE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • zigzag frames front of chest

  • encircled six-petalled rosettes in metopes

  • metopes within frames

  • zigzag circles encircling rosettes

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 plate 111, fig. 777:L.
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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. page plate 111, fig. 777:F.
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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. page 235-236.
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