Ossuary with a Greek inscription for Auge from Jerusalem (JLM0184)
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Title
Ossuary with a Greek inscription for Auge from Jerusalem (JLM0184)
Description
Limestone ossuary with rosette decoration and a Greek inscription for Auge, identified as the wife or daughter of Doras, from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 300
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0184
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 33cm
W 60cm
D 26.5cm
W 60cm
D 26.5cm
Decoration
Two rosettes within a zigzag frame on the facade, with the one-line inscription incised above. Lid missing.
Language
Diplomatic
ΑΥΓΗΣ ΔΩ
Edition
Αυγης Δω(ρατος)
Translation
Of Auge (wife/daughter) of Doras
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Akeldama Caves, Kidron Valley (cave 3, chamber B, ossuary 23)
Current Location (if known)
Beth Shemesh, IAA inv. no. 1993-1697
Name 1
Name 2
Notes
CIIP publishes an ossuary belonging to a Doras, probably the same person, from the same burial complex (324, no.300). This Doras is also the father of Eros and Hermione, whose ossuary is likewise found in the complex (JLM0178).
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.323-324, no.300.
Citation
“Ossuary with a Greek inscription for Auge from Jerusalem (JLM0184),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 28, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/417.