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JERI0010

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

ΣίμωνΣίμων

Translation

Simon. Simon

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Ossuary has traces of red wash and low feet. Height describes that of chest plus that of fragmentary, vaulted lid with fingergrip(s). Ornamentation on the chest's front side consists of two metopes in zigzag frames, each containing 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 and right sides is similar; a zigzag frame contains a six-petalled rosette within a zigzag circle. The name is inscribed once vertically, bottom to top, above the rosette in the left-hand metope, and once above the rosette on the chest's right side. Another ossuary in the tomb bears the names Manahem and Simon, inscribed in different places (see inscription "jeri0009"); it is possible that Σίμων was mistakenly carved there, intended for this ossuary. Repetition of the name of the deceased may express grief of the mourner(s) or improve upon an unsatisfactory first inscription.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 26+7 cm; W: 58 cm; D: 24 cm

Date

5 CE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

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

  • zigzag circles encircling rosettes

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

  • metopes within frames on front side

  • zigzag frames front, left and right sides of chest

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
  • 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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