Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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JERU0056

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

עזרא Ἔζρας

Translation

'Ezra. Ezras

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Notes
Ossuary has low feet, vaulted lid with fingergrips, and red wash also covering lid. Height describes height of chest plus that of lid. Ornamentation, on the chest's front side, consists of two metopes in zigzag frames, each containing a twelve-petalled rosette within a zigzag circle and discs in each corner. Broadened triglyph contains a doubled zigzag line alluding to a "palm tree" motif. The name Ezra is unusual in this period, and is usually spelled Ἔζδρας, or occasionally Ἐζρα, in Greek. Aramaic name appears on the chest's back side; Greek appears on the right side.

Languages

Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 36+13 cm; W: 68 cm; D: 28 cm

Date

20 BCE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • discs corners of metopes

  • zigzag frames front of chest

  • metopes within frames

  • zigzag circles encircling rosettes

  • zigzag line alluding to palm-tree motif triglyph

  • encircled twelve-petalled rosettes in metopes

  • broadened triglyph between metopes

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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