Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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JERI0009

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

ΜανάημοςΣίμων

Translation

Manahem. Simon

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Ossuary has traces of red wash, low feet, and a flat, broken lid. Ornamentation on the chest's front side consists of two metopes in zigzag frames and a triglyph replaced by a palm tree. Zigzag semi-circles indicate roots and ascending branches. Each metope contains a six-petalled rosette within a zigzag circle, with zigzags overlaying petals and linking circles to corners of metopes. Ornamentation on the chest's left side is similar; a zigzag frame contains a six-petalled rosette within a zigzag circle. The right side bears a lattice pattern in red wash. First name appears on the left edge of the chest's front side, incised vertically; second name appears on the right side. Either the deceased had a double name or Σίμων was mistakenly carved here, intended for another ossuary from the tomb bearing the name (see inscription "jeri0010"). Hachlili discusses some parallels for Μανάημος (see bibliography); additionally, the name occurs on another ossuary, in the Dead Sea documents, Josephus, and Talmudic literature as early as Hillel the Elder's time.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 31 cm; W: 58.5 cm; D: 27 cm

Date

5 CE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • palm tree as triglyph

  • lattice pattern right side of chest

  • encircled six-petalled rosettes in metopes and on left side of chest

  • zigzag circles encircling rosettes

  • zigzag frames front and left sides of chest

  • metopes within frames on front side

  • zigzag semi-circles indicating roots and branches tree

  • zigzags overlaying petals on front side and linking circles to corners of metopes

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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  • 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.
    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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