Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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JERU0112

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

יוחנא יהוחנה

Translation

Yohana. Yehohana

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Damaged, reconstructed and partially restored ossuary has inner ledge on two sides, low feet, flat cut-to-measure lid, and cornice slightly protruding under front rim only. (Dimension in parentheses includes cornice.) Ornamentation, on chest's front side, consists of two metopes in zigzag frames and a broadened, bare triglyph. Each metope contains a six-petalled rosette within a zigzag circle. יוחנא is a contraction of יהוחנה, itself a contraction of יהוחנן. The first appears in the bare triglyph; the second on the chest's left side. There are other instances of differing forms of a name inscribed on a single ossuary. The gender of the deceased is unknown.

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 34 cm; W: 60.5 cm; D: 32(33) cm

Date

20 BCE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • zigzag frames front of chest

  • metopes within frames

  • encircled six-petalled rosettes in metopes

  • broadened triglyph between metopes

  • zigzag 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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Satlow, Michael L., ed. 2002 - . “Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine.” Brown University. https://doi.org/10.26300/PZ1D-ST89

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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," JERU0112, 5 September 2026. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89