Title | ID | Language(s) | Date | Transcription | Translation | |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Hard limestone ossuary with relief-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0008 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | שלום אשת אלעזר | Shalom, wife of El'azar |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem, 20 BCE to 70 CE. Ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0009 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | יועזר בר
יהוסף | Yo'ezer, [son of Ye]hosef |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0010 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | יהוסף
יהוסף בר שמעון | Yehosef. Yehosef, son of Shim'on |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0011 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | הלעזר בן שת | Hel'azar, son of Shet |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0012 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | שמעון בר אלכסא | Shim'on, son of Alexa |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0013 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | אלעזר | El'azar |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0014 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | אמא | mother (or Imma) |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0015 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | יהוסיף | Yehosef |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem, 20 BCE to 70 CE. Ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0016 | Greek, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | Μαριάμη
Σαλώμη
שלום | Ma[riame](?). Salome. Shalom |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0017 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | שלום אשת יהודה שלום אתת יהודה | Shalom, wife of Yehuda. Shalom, wife of Yehuda. |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0018 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | שלמציון ברת
שמעון | Shlamִzion, daughter of ּShim'on |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0019 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | שלון בת ליעזר | Shalon, daughter of Li'azar. |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0020 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | מרים יחנה | Maryam Yohana |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0021 | Greek | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | Ἰούδας | Judas |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0022 | Greek, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | Ἰούδας
יהודה
שפירה | Judas Yehuda Shappira |
![]() | Judaea. Hizmeh. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with finely incised ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0023 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | הושע בר שמוען | Hoshea', son of Shmu'on (=Shim'on) |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0024 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | שמעון בוטון
בוטון | Shim'on of (the family of) Boethos. Of (the family of) Boethos. |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0025 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | מתיה
מתתיה | Matya. Mattatya. |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0026 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | גרידא | "the dour" |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0027 | Greek | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | Μάρθας | of Martha |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0028 | Greek | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | ἸωάνηςἸωάνηςἸωάνης | Johannes. Johannes. Johannes. |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0029 | Greek | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | Ἀμία | Am(m)ia |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem, near Silwan. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with finely incised ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0030 | Greek | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | Θεννάσου Δου | of Thennas Dou... |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem, near Silwan. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with incised ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0031 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | אגע | [no translation] |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem, near Silwan. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with finely incised ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0032 | Greek | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | ἘρωτάρεινἘρωτάρειν | Erotarein. Erotarein. |
![]() | Probably Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0033 | Greek | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | ΠοπέλιἸωσῆςἸησοῦςΠοπέλιἸωσῆςΕ | Popeli(a) (=Popilia), Joses, Jesus. Popeli(a) (=Popilia), Joses, E. |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved and incised ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0034 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | יהודה בר יהוחנן בר יתרא | Yehuda, son of Yehohanan, son of Yitro |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem, near Silwan. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0035 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | שמעון בר יני שת | Shim'on, son of Yan(na)i shet |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem, near Silwan. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with incised ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0036 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | הגדם | the amputated (the one-handed)(?) |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem, near Silwan. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0037 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | יהושע | Yehoshua' |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem, near Silwan. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0038 | Greek | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | ΜαιράμΜαριάμ | Mairam (Mariam). Mariam. |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem, near Silwan. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0039 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | שלמ | [no translation] |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem, near Silwan. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved and incised ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0040 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | מרתא
ברת
חנניה | Martha, daughter of Hananya |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem, near Silwan. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0041 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | יהונתן | Yehonatan |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0042 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | אבא דוסטס
דוסטס אבונה ולא למפתח | Father Dostas. Dostas, our father, and not to be opened. |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem, 20 BCE to 70 CE. Ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0043 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | אמא שלמציון
שלמצין אמנא | Mother Shlamzion. Shlamzin our mother. |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0044 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | מתתיה
מתתיה | Mattatya. Mattatya. |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0045 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | שלם
ומתיה ברה
אתת מתיה וברה | Shalom and Matya, her son. Matya's wife and her son. |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0046 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | אנתת אלעזר אנתת אלעזר | The wife of El'azar. The wife of El'azar. |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0047 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | בני אלעזר
בני אלעזר | The sons of El'azar. The sons of El'azar. |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved and finely incised ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0048 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | בני חנן | the sons of Hanan |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0049 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | דוסתס | Dostas |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0050 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | תרפט הנשבה | the captive physician(?) |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0051 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | עזריה
מניס | 'Azarya. Manes (?). |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0052 | Hebrew, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | יהוסף | Yehosef |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0053 | Greek, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | Ἀπφίας Ἀθηναγόρου
אפיהס בת אתנגרש | of Apphia, (daughter of) Athenagoras. (of) A(p)phia, daughter of Athenagoras |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Fragment of a soft limestone ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0054 | Greek | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | ὀστοφάγος ὀστοφάγος | ossuary, ossuary |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0055 | Aramaic, Hebrew | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | חניה אבר אלכשה | Honya, son of Alexa |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem, 20 BCE to 70 CE. Ossuary. Funerary. | jeru0056 | Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | עזרא
Ἔζρας | 'Ezra. Ezras |
![]() | Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary. | jeru0057 | Greek | Between 20 BCE and 70 CE | Ἰωανήου Ἰησίου | of Johannes of Jesus |