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JERI0004

Judaea. Jericho. 5 CE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with finely incised ornamentation. Funerary.
Transcription

Μαριάμη γυνὴ Ἰούδου

Translation

Mariame, wife of Juda

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Ossuary has low feet. Height describes that of chest plus that of vaulted lid with fingergrips. Ornamentation, on the chest's front side, consists of three metopes in zigzag frames, each containing a six-petalled rosette within a zigzag circle, with zigzags overlaying petals and linking circles to frames. Ornamentation on the left and right sides is similar; a zigzag frame contains a six-petalled rosette within a zigzag circle, with horizontal zigzag lines above and below it.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 27+4 cm; W: 67 cm; D: 25.5 cm

Date

5 CE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • zigzag lines above and below rosettes on left and right sides

  • zigzag frames front, left and right sides of chest

  • encircled six-petalled rosettes within frames on left and right and in metopes on front

  • metopes within frames on front of chest

  • zigzags overlaying petals on chest's front side, linking circles to 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.
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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
  • Hachlili, Rachel. “The Goliath Family in Jericho: Funerary Inscriptions from a First-Century A.D. Jewish Monumental Tomb.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 235, no. Summer (1979): 31–66.
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