Ossuary with Hebrew/Aramaic inscriptions for Hananiya, Martha, and Yehuda from Jerusalem (JLM0034)
Dublin Core
Title
Ossuary with Hebrew/Aramaic inscriptions for Hananiya, Martha, and Yehuda from Jerusalem (JLM0034)
Description
Limestone ossuary with rosettes, leaves, and geometric decorations, and a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Hananiya and Martha, and Yehuda. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 453
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0034
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 35cm
W 74cm
D 30cm
W 74cm
D 30cm
Decoration
A 6-petaled rosette , leaves and dots on the facade, flanked by two panels of rosettes over a lattice pattern. Two-line inscription (a) on the short right side and a one-line inscription (b) to the right.
Language
Edition
(a) hnnyh | wmrt'
(b) yhwdh
(b) yhwdh
Translation
(a) Hananiya and Martha.
(b) Yehuda
(b) Yehuda
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
French Hill, Bar Kokhba Street
Current Location (if known)
Beth Shemesh, IAA inv. no. 1970-141
Name 1
Name 2
Name 3
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.472-473, no.453.
Citation
“Ossuary with Hebrew/Aramaic inscriptions for Hananiya, Martha, and Yehuda from Jerusalem (JLM0034),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/657.