Ossuary with bilingual inscriptions for Salome (JLM0198)
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Title
Ossuary with bilingual inscriptions for Salome (JLM0198)
Description
Ossuary with Greek and Hebrew/Aramaic inscriptions for Salome, also called Shalom, from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 339
Date
Format
Limestone
Identifier
JLM0198
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 29cm
W 43cm
D 25cm
W 43cm
D 25cm
Decoration
Plain ossuary with a three-line Greek inscription incised (a) on one long side, and a one-line Hebrew/Aramaic inscription incised on the opposite side.
Diplomatic
(a) ΜΑ
ΣΑΛΩ
ΜΗ
(b) שלו מ
ΣΑΛΩ
ΜΗ
(b) שלו מ
Edition
(a) {Μα} Σαλω|μη
(b) šlwm
(b) šlwm
Translation
(a) {Ma} Salome
(b) Shalom
(b) Shalom
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave near Deir es-Sineh in the Kidron Valley, Jerusalem
Current Location (if known)
Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, IAA inv. no. S-877
Notes
(1) "MA" was originally inscribed on the ossuary, and then scratched out (CIIP1, 360, no.339)
(2) JLM0198, JLM0199, JLM001-JLM0004 were all found in the same burial cave in the Kidron Valley.
(2) JLM0198, JLM0199, JLM001-JLM0004 were all found in the same burial cave in the Kidron Valley.
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.360-361, no.339.
Citation
“Ossuary with bilingual inscriptions for Salome (JLM0198),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 20, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/431.