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JERU0123

Unknown provenance. 20 BCE to 250 CE. Fragment of soft limestone ossuary. Funerary.
Transcription

יהוסף מרה בר בניה בר יהודה

Translation

Master Yehosef, son of Benaya, son of Yehud[a]

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Fragment of long side of an ossuary chest. מרה occurs on ossuaries dated earlier than 70 CE. It is an honorific title comparable to סבא, also of the period. בניה is a contraction of the Biblical בניהו that appears in Talmudic literature of the early third century CE. The last word might be the name יהודה or its rare contraction יהוד; the stone is broken after the dalet. Mention of a grandparent of the deceased on an ossuary is infrequent.

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 15 cm; W: 39 cm; D: —

Date

20 BCE to 250 CE

Current location

Beth Shemesh, IAA inv. no 1969.666

Figures

No figures described.

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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