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JERU0311

Jerusalem, 1 CE - 70 CE. Ossuary. Funerary (Malediction).
Transcription

אלכסא בר שלום ברת אלכסא ארור שיטלני ממקומי

Translation

Alexa son of Shalom daughter of AlexaCursed (be whoever) will take me from my place

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The inscription's overall style and execution indicate that it was completed by someone with professional expertise and demonstrate an exact precision that is extremely rare amongst this category of Hebrew and Aramaic ossuary inscriptions. The inscription itself deviates from the norm in referring to the deceased's mother, rather than his father, a practice seen only one other time in a survey of ossuary inscriptions. The curse still stands as the most extreme of curses found to date in ossuary inscriptions.

Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 35.0 cm; W: 40.0 cm; D: 65.0 cm

Date

1 CE to 70 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Traces of a blue pigment in and on most of the letters

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Baruch, Yuval, Danit Levi, and Ronny Reich. “The Tomb and Ossuary of Alexa Son of Shalom.” Israel Exploration Journal 61, no. 1 (2011): 96–105.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Baruch, Yuval, Danit Levi, and Ronny Reich. “The Tomb and Ossuary of Alexa Son of Shalom.” Israel Exploration Journal 61, no. 1 (2011): 96–105.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Baruch, Yuval, Danit Levi, and Ronny Reich. “The Tomb and Ossuary of Alexa Son of Shalom.” Israel Exploration Journal 61, no. 1 (2011): 96–105.
    Zotero
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Satlow, Michael L., ed. 2002 - . “Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine.” Brown University. https://doi.org/10.26300/PZ1D-ST89

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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," JERU0311, 20 April 2026. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89