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Location

JERU0036

Judaea. Jerusalem, near Silwan. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with incised ornamentation. Funerary.

Transcription

הגדם

Translation

the amputated (the one-handed)(?)

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Ossuary has inner ledge on three sides and traces of red wash. Height refers to height of chest plus that of vaulted lid. Broken lid is sliding, with heights of ends unequal. Ornamentation, on all four sides of the chest, consists of thin doubled lines on edges, each side perhaps representing an ashlar. On the chest's front, two metopes, each containing a six-petalled rosette within a line circle, and a zigzag rosette. Inscription is written in large letters on the chest's back side. הגדם is a nickname in status emphaticus. Such derogatory nicknames were common (as in "the lame one," "the deaf one," "the hunchback," "the stammerer"), and some became family names.

Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 28+6 cm; W: 54 cm; D: 23.5 cm

Date

20 BCE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • encircled six-petalled rosettes in metopes

  • doubled lines (representing ashlars?) edges of all four sides of chest

  • zigzag rosette front of chest

  • metopes front of chest

  • line 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
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