Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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JERU0142

Judaea. Jerusalem. Giv'at Hamivtar. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved and incised ornamentation. Funerary.
Transcription

אבשלום

Translation

Avshalom

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Unfinished ossuary has inner ledge on two sides and low feet. Lid is missing. Ornamentation, on the chest's front side, consists of two metopes in a zigzag frame, unfinished at base, and a large, short-stalked lily on five steps replacing a triglyph, incised in freehand high above the frame's base. Each metope contains a six-petalled rosette within concentric line circles; inscription appears above the right-hand one.

Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 31 cm; W: 50.5 cm; D: 27 cm

Date

20 BCE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • lily triglyph

  • metopes within frames

  • zigzag frame front of chest

  • concentric line circles encircling rosettes

  • encircled six-petalled rosettes in metopes

  • steps beneath lily

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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