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JERU0009

Judaea. Jerusalem, 20 BCE to 70 CE. Ossuary. Funerary.
Transcription

יועזר בר יהוסף

Translation

Yo'ezer, [son of Ye]hosef

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The ossuary has low feet and traces of red wash. Lid, broken, is flat. Ornamentation consists of three metopes in a zigzag frame on the front of the chest, with triglyphs replaced by palm-tree motif. Each outer metope contains a six-petalled rosette within a whirl-rosette. In the central one, a six-petalled rosette is encircled by a palm-trunk patterned circle, with its petal tips connected by segments. יועזר is a contracted form of the name יהועזר. Klein read the second name of the inscription, Yehosef, as denoting an additional person in the ossuary, rather than as a father's name.

Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 36.5 cm; W: 85 cm; D: 28 cm

Date

20 BCE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • metopes within frame

  • zigzag frame front of chest

  • encirled six-petalled rosette within inner metope

  • palm-tree motif triglyph

  • six-petalled rosettes within outer metopes

  • palm-trunk patterned circle encircling inner rosette

  • whirl-rosettes encasing outer 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 79.
    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 3, fig. 15.
    Zotero
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