Ossuary with a Greek inscription for a mother from Jerusalem (JLM0023)

Dublin Core

Title

Ossuary with a Greek inscription for a mother from Jerusalem (JLM0023)

Description

Greek inscription on an ossuary for "mother" from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.

Source

Publisher

CIIP1: 414

Language

Identifier

JLM0023

Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata

Language

Diplomatic

ΜΗΤΕΡΑ

Edition

Μητερα

Translation

Mother

Diplomatic Constituted From

CIIP1

Edition Constituted From

CIIP1

Translation Constituted From

CIIP1

Findspot

Burial cave near the Syrian orphanage, Schneller Compound, Jerusalem

Name 1

Role 1

Notes

JLM0022 found in the same burial cave

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. 437, no. 414.

Citation

“Ossuary with a Greek inscription for a mother from Jerusalem (JLM0023),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 24, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/646.

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