Ossuary with Aramaic inscription for Shimon and his unnamed wife, from Jerusalem (JLM0104)
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Title
Ossuary with Aramaic inscription for Shimon and his unnamed wife, from Jerusalem (JLM0104)
Description
Plain limestone ossuary with an Aramaic inscription for Shimon and his unnamed wife, from Jerusalem, dated 1st c. CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 20
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0104
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Decoration
Plain ossuary, with two lines of Aramaic on one of the shorter sides
Language
Translation
Shimon and (his) wife
Findspot
Rock-cut tomb in Sanhedriya--Mahanayim, Cave 23
Current Location (if known)
Beth Shemesh, IAA inv. no. 1957-755
Name 1
Name 2
Role 2
Selected Bibliography
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. 76, no.30
Citation
“Ossuary with Aramaic inscription for Shimon and his unnamed wife, from Jerusalem (JLM0104),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 18, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/198.