Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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Location

JERU0204

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

יהקים

Translation

Yehoqim

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Notes
Ossuary has inner ledge on two sides, yellow wash, low feet, and a flat, broken lid resting on the rim. Ornamentation, on the chest's front side, consists of a line frame at base and doubled zigzag frames at top and sides, containing two metopes and a broadened triglyph. Triglyph is bordered by vertical lines and contains a seventeen-leaved branch; each metope contains a six-petalled rosette within concentric line circles. The two-line inscription appears on the chest's left side; the first line seems to be an unsuccessful attempt corrected in the second. The two were presumably written by different hands. The name יהקים is probably a contraction of יהויקים, Yehoyaqim, which was also contracted as יוקים ,יוקם, and יהוקם, identical with the Second Temple period name יקים/Ἰάκιμος.

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 33 cm; W: 64.5 cm; D: 26.5 cm

Date

20 BCE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • broadened triglyph between metopes

  • line border encasing triglyph

  • concentric line circles encircling rosettes

  • encircled six-petalled rosettes in metopes

  • doubled zigzag frames at top and sides of front of chest

  • line frame at bottom of front of chest

  • seventeen-leaved branch in triglyph

  • metopes within frames

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

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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