Ossuary with an Aramaic inscription concerning the burying of a mother from Jerusalem (JLM0159)

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Title

Ossuary with an Aramaic inscription concerning the burying of a mother from Jerusalem (JLM0159)

Description

A limestone ossuary with rosettes and column decorations on the facade, and an Aramaic inscription explaining that Yosef, son of El'asa Artaka, brought the bones of his mother ('mk') to Jerusalem for burial. Dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.

Source

Publisher

CIIP1: 225

Format

Limestone

Language

Identifier

JLM0159

Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata

Physical Dimensions

H 39cm
W 63cm
D 33cm

Decoration

Two 16-petaled rosettes inside zigzag medallions flanking a column made of leaves within a zigzag frames on the facade, lattice pattern on the short sides. The inscription is incised as a single line on the back side of the lid. Gabled lid.

Language

Diplomatic

יוסף בר אלעשה ארתכא איתי גרמיא די אמכא אמה לירושלם

Edition

ywsp br 'lsh 'rtk' `yty grmy' dy 'mk' 'mh lyrwslm

Translation

Yosef son of El'asa Artaka brought the bones of 'mk' his mother to Jerusalem

Diplomatic Constituted From

CIIP1

Edition Constituted From

CIIP1

Translation Constituted From

CIIP1

Findspot

Burial cave on the Mount of Olives

Name 1

Name 2

Name 3

Role 3

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.255-256, no.225

Citation

“Ossuary with an Aramaic inscription concerning the burying of a mother from Jerusalem (JLM0159),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/392.

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