Ossuary with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Maria (JLM0040)
Dublin Core
Title
Ossuary with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Maria (JLM0040)
Description
Limestone ossuary with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Maria from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 476
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0040
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 34cm
W 52cm
D 27cm
W 52cm
D 27cm
Decoration
Plain, with a one-line inscription on one long side
Language
Edition
mryh
Translation
Maria
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave in East Talpiyot, Jerusalem
Current Location (if known)
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IAA inv. no. 1980-505
Name 1
Notes
JLM0040 and JLM0041 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.498, no.476.
Citation
“Ossuary with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Maria (JLM0040),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 26, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/663.