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Location

JERU0318

Jerusalem, Second Temple Period. Ossuary. Funerary.

Transcription

Μαρης Κυρίωνος Ἰωάννου

Translation

Of Mares Kyrion (son) of John

Diplomatic

ΜΑΡΟΥΡΙWΝΙW

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Notes
If ΡΙΩΝ is taken as a fragment of the name Kyrion, the inscription then refers to one man by both his Aramaic and his Greek name instead of to two men on a single ossuary.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

530 BCE to 50 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Lattice border around the inscription

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Di Segni, Leah. “Greek Inscriptions from Area XV.” In Temple Mount Excavations in Jerusalem 1968-1978 Directed by Benjamin Mazar, 2:120–32. Jerusalem: The Institute of Archaeology The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2003.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Di Segni, Leah. “Greek Inscriptions from Area XV.” In Temple Mount Excavations in Jerusalem 1968-1978 Directed by Benjamin Mazar, 2:120–32. Jerusalem: The Institute of Archaeology The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2003.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Di Segni, Leah. “Greek Inscriptions from Area XV.” In Temple Mount Excavations in Jerusalem 1968-1978 Directed by Benjamin Mazar, 2:120–32. Jerusalem: The Institute of Archaeology The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2003.
    Zotero
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