Ossuary with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Imma from Jerusalem (JLM0004)
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Title
Ossuary with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Imma from Jerusalem (JLM0004)
Description
Limestone ossuary with an inscription for Imma, from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE. "Imma" is either a name, or "mother."
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 346
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0004
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 30cm
W 52cm
D 23cm
W 52cm
D 23cm
Decoration
Plain ossuary, with a flat lid and one-line inscription incised on one of one long side
Language
Diplomatic
אמא
Edition
`m'
Translation
Imma
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave near Deir es-Sineh in the Kidron Valley
Current Location (if known)
Hecht Museum, Haifa, IAA inv. no. S-874
Name 1
Role 1
Notes
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.367, no.346.
Citation
“Ossuary with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Imma from Jerusalem (JLM0004),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 23, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/437.