Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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JERU0152

Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 135 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with incised ornamentation. Funerary.
Transcription

אלעזר בר זכריה

Translation

El'azar, son of Zekharya

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Unfinished ossuary has inner ledge on three sides, traces of red wash, low feet, and a flat, sliding lid that is broken. Ornamentation on the chest's front side consists of an entablature on antae with cube-capitals, and in the center, a palm tree with six-petalled rosettes in line circles to its left and right. Descending branches are indicated by a circle segment. The left side bears an unfinished three-petalled rosette within a line circle. The ornamentation is similar to a tomb facade with a palm at its gate; the artisan may have confused the present motif with a door motif, as on another ossuary from the area. Both names are common.

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 35 cm; W: 60 cm; D: 27 cm

Date

20 BCE to 135 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • line circles encircling rosettes

  • entablature front of chest

  • palm tree center of front side

  • encircled three-petalled rosette left side of chest

  • antae below entablature

  • encircled six-petalled rosettes flanking tree

  • line circle encircling three-petalled rosette

  • cube-capitals antae

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

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Source of transcription

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Source of translation

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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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