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Sarcophagus or Ossuary
Selected Bibliography
CIIP1=Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae, volume I: Jerusalem: a multi-lingual corpus of the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad, Ameling et. al. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2014. pp.165-167, no.123.
de Saulcy, F. 1865. Voyae en Terre Sainte. Paris. (pp.375-410)
Decoration
Two stone disks on each long side, and one on each short side, all within a frame. The two line Aramaic inscription is located between the two stone disks on the facade. Vaulted lid.
Summary of contents
de Saulcy (1865, 375-410) recorded the skeletal remains of a woman wrapped in a decorated shroud, which largely disintegrated after the sarcophagus was opened.
Language
Aramaic
Translation
Sadan the queen. Sada the queen.
Findspot
Tomb of the Kings, Wadi Joz
Current Location (if known)
Museum of the Louvre, Paris, inv. no. AO 5029
Name 1
Sada
Role 1
queen
Name 2
Sadan
Role 2
queen
Physical Dimensions
H 57cm
W 205cm
Diplomatic
צדן מלכתא
צדה מלכתה
Edition
ṣdn mlktʾ | ṣdh mlkth
Dublin Core
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Title
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Sarcophagus with Aramaic inscription for Queen Sadan (Queen Helena?) from Jerusalem (JLM0128)
Source
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Jerusalem
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
CIIP1: 123
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1st c. CE
Identifier
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JLM0128
Description
An account of the resource
Limestone sarcophagus with a two-line Aramaic inscription for Queen Sadan (or Tsadan), possibly to be identified with Queen Helena of Adiabene (in Mesopotamia) from the Tomb of the Kings in the upper Kidron Valley, dated to the 1st c. CE.
Rights
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Image rights<br />Image A: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Hanay, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helena_of_Adiabene_Sarcophagus_1.JPG" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">WikiMedia Commons</a><br />Image B: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Coyau, <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monobaze_(dynastie)#/media/File:Sarcophagus_Louvre_AO5029_n02.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">WikiMediaCommons</a><br />Images C & D: Drawing in <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Ba1CO-_XzGoC&dq=de%20saulcy%20voyage%20en%20terre&pg=PA377#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">de Saulcy</a>, 1865, pp. 377, 385
Format
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Limestone
Language
A language of the resource
Aramaic
Aramaic
funerary
inscribed
inscription
Jerusalem
limestone
mlkt'
mlkth
queen
Sada
Sadan
sarcophagus
sdh
sdn
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Inscription
Diplomatic
(Palmyrene)1. 'l hׅ [ywh] wz [kwth dy] spׅtymyws
2. whblt 'tndr {ws nhy] r' mlk mkl'
3. w'pnrtׅt' dy mdnhׅ' klh br
4. sptׅ[ymy]ws ['dynt mlk] mlk' w'l
5. hׅyh dy spׅtymy' btzby nhyrt'
6.mlkt' 'mh dy mlk mlk'
7. bt 'ntywkws m<yl> 10+4
Translation
(Translation of Greek)...and [for the sa]fety of Septimia Zenobia, the most illustrious queen, the mother of the Emperor [Septimius Athenodoros] V[aballathus...]
(Translation of Palmyrene) For the safety and vi[ctory] of SPTYMYWS (Septimius) WHBLT 'TNDR [WS] (Athenodorus), the most illustrious King of Kings and Corrector of the entire Orient, son of SPT[YMY]WS (Septimius) ['DYNT, King] of Kings; and for the safety of SPTYMY' (Septimia) BTZBY (i.e. Zenobia), the most illustrious queen, mother of the King of Kings, daughter of 'NTYWKWS (Antiochus), Fourteen m<iles>.
Name 1
BTZBY (Zenobia)
Role 1
Queen
Name 2
SPTYMYWS WHBLT 'TNDR [WS] (Septimius Athenodoros Vaballathus)
Role 2
emperor
Name 3
'NTYWKWS (Antiochus)
Role 3
father of Zenobia
Dublin Core
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Title
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Milestone found west of Palmyra at el Kersai (PAL0107)
Language
A language of the resource
Greek
Palmyrene
Description
An account of the resource
Bilingual milestone in Greek and Palmyrene with the following inscriptions
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
268/70 CE
Publisher
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Gardner , S., Lieu, K. Parry From Palmrya to Zayton: epigraphy and iconography, 2005, 78.
Identifier
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PAL0107
bilingual
BTZBY
daughter
Greek
illustrious
inscribed
inscription
mother
Palmyra
Palmyrene
queen
relief
Septimia
SPTYMY'
Zenobia