Ossuary with an Aramaic inscription for Shalom, daughter of Yehohanan from Jerusalem (JLM0108)
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Title
Ossuary with an Aramaic inscription for Shalom, daughter of Yehohanan from Jerusalem (JLM0108)
Description
Plain limestone ossuary for Shalom, identified as the daughter of Yehonahan, from Jerusalem, dated to 1st c. BCE/CE. Yehonahan's ossuary was found in the same burial cave (see CIIP1, 102, no.57).
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 58
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0108
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 30cm
W 51cm
D 24cm
W 51cm
D 24cm
Decoration
Plain; inscription (a) on the short side and (b) on the lid.
Language
Diplomatic
(a) ז/וי לה שלומ ברת יהוחנן
(b) שלומ
(b) שלומ
Edition
(a) z\wy lh šlwm brt yhwḥnn
(b) šlwm
(b) šlwm
Translation
(a) This belongs to (or: woe to) Shalom, the daughter of Yehohanan.
(b) Shalom.
(b) Shalom.
Findspot
Burial cave on eastern slope of Mount Scopus
Current Location (if known)
Hebrew University Institute of Archaeology, Jerusalem. inv. no. 1483
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
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. 103, no.58
Citation
“Ossuary with an Aramaic inscription for Shalom, daughter of Yehohanan from Jerusalem (JLM0108),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 26, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/201.