Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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Location

JERU0052

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

יהוסף

Translation

Yehosef

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Fragmentary, partially restored ossuary has low feet, red wash, and fragmentary vaulted lid. Ornamentation, on the chest's front side, consists of two metopes in a zigzag frame, each containing a six-petalled rosette within line and zigzag circles. Triglyph replaced by palm tree with triangular-notched roots and stylized, ascending and spreading branches. Vertical lines delimit foot of tree and link circles to base of frame. יהוסף appears in the left metope, and a long string of undecipherable characters -- horizontal, then slanting downward -- appears in the right one.

Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 36 cm; W: 59 cm; D: 29 cm

Date

20 BCE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • zigzag circles encircling rosettes

  • palm tree triglyph

  • vertical lines foot of tree

  • encircled six-petalled rosettes in metopes

  • branches tree

  • zigzag frame front of chest

  • line circles encircling rosettes

  • roots, triangular-notches tree

  • metopes within frame

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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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," JERU0052, 18 November 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89