Ossuary with an Aramaic inscription in Palmyrene script for Tymy, mentioning a son and daughter (JLM0030)
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Title
Ossuary with an Aramaic inscription in Palmyrene script for Tymy, mentioning a son and daughter (JLM0030)
Description
A four line fragmentary inscription in Palmyrene script for Tymy, son of Hbby, mentioning ultimately a son and daughter. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 439
Date
Language
Identifier
JLM0030
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Language
Edition
dh qwqh | [dy] t[y]my br hbby [br] ml[k--b]r [--] | h/'tb wbrh wbrth [--] | d/rm/q'd/r t[--] | hbl
Translation
This is the loculus... of Tymy son of Hbby (son of) Ml[k...s]on of... Hatab(?) and his son and daughter... (illegible) ... Alas! (or: Woe!)
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave near Nahal Atarot
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
Name 3
Name 4
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Name 5
Role 5
Notes
JLM0024-JLM0030 were 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.457-458, no.439.
Citation
“Ossuary with an Aramaic inscription in Palmyrene script for Tymy, mentioning a son and daughter (JLM0030),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 16, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/653.