Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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JERU0193

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

שלום חנניה בר

Translation

Shalom. Ḥananya, son (of)

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Ossuary has inner ledge on two sides, yellow wash, low feet, and a flat, overhanging lid that rests on the rim of the chest rather than the ledge. Ornamentation, on the chest's front side, consists of two metopes in a zigzag frame and a broadened triglyph containing a branch with nine leaves and a line border. Each metope contains a six-petalled rosette within a zigzag circle. The inscription חנניה בר, in the left metope, is unfinished, with the patronymic omitted. The word שלום is incribed on the chest's left side, inverted. It is more common to find inverted words on the inside of an ossuary, inscribed vertically. Here שלום may refer either to the woman's name contracted from שלומציון or to the word meaning "peace." The ossuary contained the remains of two adults, one a man; if the other was a woman, it may have been Shalom, presumably Hananya's wife.

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 34 cm; W: 63 cm; D: 28 cm

Date

20 BCE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • zigzag circles encircling rosettes

  • metopes within frames

  • line border around branch

  • zigzag frames front of chest

  • branch triglyph

  • encircled six-petalled rosettes in metopes

  • broadened triglyph between metopes

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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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," JERU0193, 19 November 2025. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89