Ossuary with a Greek inscription for Verutarion and Nikandros from Jerusalem (JLM0158)
Dublin Core
Title
Ossuary with a Greek inscription for Verutarion and Nikandros from Jerusalem (JLM0158)
Description
Limestone ossuary with a three-line Greek inscription for Verutarion and Nikandros. An ossuary from the same burial cave for a Verutarion called "the younger" likely belongs to their daughter. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st. c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 222
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0158
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Decoration
Three-line Greek inscription incised on one of the short sides
Language
Diplomatic
ΒΕΡΟΥΤΑ
ΡΙΟΥΚΑΙ
ΝΙΚΑΝΔΡΟΥ
ΡΙΟΥΚΑΙ
ΝΙΚΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition
Βερουτα|ριου και | Νικανδρου
Translation
Of Verutarion and Nikandros
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Name 1
Name 2
Notes
As CIIP1 notes (253, no.222), Verutarion's name is derived from Latin, but has a Greek ending.
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. 252-253.
Citation
“Ossuary with a Greek inscription for Verutarion and Nikandros from Jerusalem (JLM0158),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 29, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/391.