Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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Location

JERU0021

Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary.
Transcription

Ἰούδας

Translation

Judas

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Ossuary has a red and yellow wash, low feet, and flat lid. Ornamentation on the chest's front side consists of two metopes in zigzag frames, both containing twelve-petalled rosettes within zigzag circles, and a large zigzag instead of a triglyph. The inscription is incised on the chest's right side, picked out in blue-black. The name appears along with its Hebrew form on another ossuary from this tomb.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 37.5 cm; W: 64.5 cm; D: 28 cm

Date

20 BCE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • zigzag circles encircling rosettes

  • metopes within frames

  • zigzag triglyph

  • encircled twelve-petalled rosettes within metopes

  • zigzag frames front of chest

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
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