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JERU0069

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

Ἰησοῦς Ἰούδου

Translation

Jesus, son of Juda

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Ossuary has inner ledge on two sides, low feet, flat lid, and yellow wash also on underside of lid. Ornamentation, on the chest's front side, consists of fluted frame containing metope frame, with a two-columned porch in the center flanked on left and right by a six-petalled rosette within concentric line circles. Inscription is in charcoal, partly effaced.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 28 cm; W: 50 cm; D: 24 cm

Date

20 BCE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • two-columned porch center of front

  • fluted frame front of chest

  • concentric line circles encircling rosettes

  • encircled six-petalled rosettes flanking porch

  • metope frame within fluted 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. page plate 16, fig. 113.
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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. page 106.
    Zotero
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