Ossuary with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Theophile from Jerusalem (JLM0133)
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Title
Ossuary with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Theophile from Jerusalem (JLM0133)
Description
Limestone ossuary decorated with rosettes, with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Theophile. The second inscription, "shalom" may be either a greeting or the name of a second person. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 147
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0133
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 32cm
W 59.5cm
D 28.5cm
W 59.5cm
D 28.5cm
Decoration
2 six-petaled rosettes within a zigzag frame on facade, with two line inscription.
Language
Diplomatic
(a) תפלה
תפלה
(b) שלום
תפלה
(b) שלום
Edition
(a) tplh | tplh
(b) šlwm
(b) šlwm
Translation
(a) Theophile Theophile
(b) Shalom
(b) Shalom
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave in Wadi an-Nar in the Kidron Valley
Current Location (if known)
Hebrew University Institute of Archaeology, Jerusalem, inv. no. 1469
Name 1
Name 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.189-190, no.147
Citation
“Ossuary with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Theophile from Jerusalem (JLM0133),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 18, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/299.