Ossuary fragment with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Mariam from Jerusalem (JLM0031)

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Title

Ossuary fragment with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Mariam from Jerusalem (JLM0031)

Description

Fragment of a limestone ossuary with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Mariam from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.

Source

Publisher

CIIP1: 444

Format

Limestone

Language

Identifier

JLM0031

Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata

Physical Dimensions

H 26cm
W 21cm

Language

Edition

mrym

Translation

Mariam

Diplomatic Constituted From

CIIP1

Edition Constituted From

CIIP1

Translation Constituted From

CIIP1

Findspot

Burial cave at Hizmeh, outside Jerusalem

Current Location (if known)

Hebrew University Institute of Archaeology, Jerusalem, inv. no. 1490

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.462-463, no.444.

Citation

“Ossuary fragment with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Mariam from Jerusalem (JLM0031),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 23, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/654.

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