Ossuary with Aramaic inscriptions for Hananiya and Maria from Jerusalem (JLM0146)
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Title
Ossuary with Aramaic inscriptions for Hananiya and Maria from Jerusalem (JLM0146)
Description
Limestone ossuary with rosettes and branch motifs and Aramaic inscriptions for Hananiya son of Shim'on and Maria daughter of Agra, probably husband and wife. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 192
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0146
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 32cm
W 62cm
D 27cm
W 62cm
D 27cm
Decoration
2 six-petaled rosettes flanking a branch motif within a frame on facade. Inscriptions incised on facade above right rosette (a), above the left rosette (b), and below the frame (c). Flat lid.
Language
Diplomatic
(a) חנניה בר שמעון
(b) חנניה בר שמעון
(c) מריה ברת אגרה
(b) חנניה בר שמעון
(c) מריה ברת אגרה
Edition
(a) and (b) hnnyh br sm`wn
(c) mryh brt 'grh
(c) mryh brt 'grh
Translation
(a)and (b) Hananiya son of Shim'on
(c) Maria daughter of Agra
(c) Maria daughter of Agra
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 437, oss. 107)
Current Location (if known)
SBF Museum, Jerusalem, inv. no. SBF 7711
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
Name 3
Role 3
Name 4
Role 4
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. 225-226, no.192.
Citation
“Ossuary with Aramaic inscriptions for Hananiya and Maria from Jerusalem (JLM0146),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 19, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/312.