Ossuary with Hebrew/Aramaic inscriptions for Mariam from Jerusalem (JLM0142)
Dublin Core
Title
Ossuary with Hebrew/Aramaic inscriptions for Mariam from Jerusalem (JLM0142)
Description
Fragment of a limestone ossuary with Hebrew/Aramaic inscriptions for Mariam from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 175
Date
Language
Identifier
JLM0142
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 15.5cm
W 16cm
D 3.5cm
W 16cm
D 3.5cm
Decoration
Fragments of ossuary with flat lid. Inscriptions in charcoal on fragment of body (a) and lid (b).
Language
Diplomatic
(a) מרים
(b) מרים
(b) מרים
Edition
(a) mrym
(b) mrym
(b) mrym
Translation
(a) Mariam
(b) Mariam
(b) Mariam
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial complexes at Dominus Flevit on the west slope of the Mount of Olives (chamber 79, oss. 25)
Current Location (if known)
SBF Museum, Jerusalem, inv. no. SF 1118 SBF 00443, coll. B35AD
Name 1
Notes
The ossuary was discovered intact, but this fragment is all that is known today.
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. 211,no.175.
Citation
“Ossuary with Hebrew/Aramaic inscriptions for Mariam from Jerusalem (JLM0142),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 29, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/308.