Ossuary with Greek inscription for Verutarion the younger from Jerusalem (JLM0157)
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Title
Ossuary with Greek inscription for Verutarion the younger from Jerusalem (JLM0157)
Description
Limestone ossuary with a Greek inscription for Verutarion the younger from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE. The ossuary of a second Verutarion (and a man named Nikandros; JML0158) was found in the same burial cave, and likely belongs to Verutarion the younger's parents.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 221
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0157
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Decoration
Three line Greek inscription incised on one of the short sides
Language
Diplomatic
ΒΕΡΟΥΤΑ
ΡΙΟΥΝΕΩ
ΤΕΡΑΣ
ΡΙΟΥΝΕΩ
ΤΕΡΑΣ
Edition
Βερουτα|ριου Νεω|τερας
Translation
Of Verutarion the younger
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave on the Mount of Olives
Name 1
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.252, no.221.
Citation
“Ossuary with Greek inscription for Verutarion the younger from Jerusalem (JLM0157),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 30, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/390.