Ossuary with bilingual inscriptions for Elisabe from Jerusalem (JLM0005)
Dublin Core
Title
Ossuary with bilingual inscriptions for Elisabe from Jerusalem (JLM0005)
Description
Limestone ossuary with rosettes and architectural decorations, and Greek and Aramaic inscriptions for Elisabe, also called Elishev'a, identified as the wife of Tarfon. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 349
Date
Format
Limestone
Identifier
JLM0005
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 34cm
W 68cm
D 31cm
W 68cm
D 31cm
Decoration
Two 6-petaled rosettes flanking a two-column architectural facade, within a frame. Inscription incised above decoration. Vaulted lid.
Diplomatic
ΕΛΙΣΑΒΗ אלישבעאתתטרפו
Edition
Ελισαβη ʾlyšbʿ ʾtt ṭrpwn
Translation
Elisabe. Elishev'a, the wife of Tarfon
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave below Deir es-Sineh in the Kidron Valley.
Current Location (if known)
JLM005-JLM008 were all found in the same burial cave in the Kidron Valley.
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
Notes
(1) The ossuary of a Tarfon was found in the same burial complex (CIIP1, 377-379, no.358).
(2) JLM005-JLM007 were all found in the same burial cave in the Kidron Valley.
(2) JLM005-JLM007 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. 370-371, no.349.
Citation
“Ossuary with bilingual inscriptions for Elisabe from Jerusalem (JLM0005),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 16, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/438.