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JERU0167

Unknown provenance. 20 BCE to 135 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with incised ornamentation. Funerary.
Transcription

חלתא מרים ברת שמעון

Translation

the ossuary (of) Maryam, daughter of Shim'on

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Ossuary has red wash and low feet. Lid is missing. Ornamentation on the chest's front side consists of two metopes in zigzag frames and a triglyph transformed into a palm tree by means of small circles incised in freehand to indicate scales on trunk, with many spreading and ascending branches issuing from trunk. Each metope contains a six-petalled rosette within concentric line circles; the left-hand circles contain small circles, while the right-hand circles contain a zigzag. On the chest's left side is a twelve-petalled rosette within concentric line circles; on the right side, a lattice pattern. Inscription appears on the upper-right corner of the front side. חלתא is a word for ossuary; it and other such words are commonly found. שמעון is a very common name.

Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 31 cm; W: 58.5 cm; D: 27.5 cm

Date

20 BCE to 135 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • discs in circles of right-hand rosette

  • encircled twelve-petalled rosette left side of chest

  • palm tree triglyph

  • zigzag in circles of left-hand rosette

  • lattice pattern right side of chest

  • encircled six-petalled rosettes in metopes

  • concentric line circles encircling rosettes

  • metopes within frames

  • zigzag frames front of chest

  • concentric line circles encircling rosette

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
  • 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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