Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shoshana from Jerusalem (JLM0163)
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Title
Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shoshana from Jerusalem (JLM0163)
Description
Limestone ossuary with rosettes and a one-line Hebrew inscription for Shoshana, from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 235
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0163
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 34cm
W 63cm
D 28.5cm
W 63cm
D 28.5cm
Decoration
Facade decorated with two 6-petaled rosettes within a zigzag frame with disks at the corners. One-line inscription is incised on left short side. No lid.
Language
Diplomatic
שושנה
Edition
šwšnh
Translation
Shoshana
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave above the "Tomb of the Prophets" on the Mount of Olives
Current Location (if known)
Beth Shemesh, IAA inv. no. 2002-1237
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. 263-264, no.235
Citation
“Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shoshana from Jerusalem (JLM0163),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 27, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/396.