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JERU0589

Jerusalem, 100 BCE-100 CE. Ossuary. Epitaph.

Transcription

Ἰωσήπου πενθεροῦ Δρόσου

Translation

Of Joseph, father-in-law (or son-in-law) of Drusus

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
An alternative reading, preferred by Tal Ilan, is that πενθεροῦ is in fact a misspelling of Πανθηροῦ - the name Panthera.

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

100 BCE to 100 CE

Current location

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Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Zeichmann, Christopher. “Jesus ‘Ben Pantera’: An Epigraphic and Military-Historical Note.” Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 18 (2020): 141–55.
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Source of transcription

  • Zeichmann, Christopher. “Jesus ‘Ben Pantera’: An Epigraphic and Military-Historical Note.” Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 18 (2020): 141–55.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Zeichmann, Christopher. “Jesus ‘Ben Pantera’: An Epigraphic and Military-Historical Note.” Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 18 (2020): 141–55.
    Zotero

Other sources

  • Ilan, Tal. Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity: Part I, Palestine 330 BCE-200 CE. Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 91. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2002.
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