Ossuary with bilingual inscriptions for Bernike from Jerusalem (JLM0018)
Dublin Core
Title
Ossuary with bilingual inscriptions for Bernike from Jerusalem (JLM0018)
Description
Limestone ossuary with inscriptions in Greek and Hebrew/Aramaic for Bernike from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 399
Date
Format
Limestone
Identifier
JLM0018
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Decoration
One-line Greek inscription (a) on one side, and two-line Greek and (b) Hebrew/Aramaic inscription on the opposite side.
Edition
(a) Βερνικη
(b) Βερνικης | bnqy
(b) Βερνικης | bnqy
Translation
(a) Bernike
(b) Of Bernike. Be(r)nike.
(b) Of Bernike. Be(r)nike.
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave on the grounds of Bikkur Holim hospital, Jerusalem
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.422-423, no.399.
Citation
“Ossuary with bilingual inscriptions for Bernike from Jerusalem (JLM0018),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 18, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/451.