Ossuary with Hebrew and Greek inscriptions for Yehuda and Ioulia from Jerusalem (JLM0058)

Ossuary with Hebrew and Greek inscriptions for Yehuda and Ioulia from Jerusalem (JLM0058)

Limestone ossuary with rosettes and zigzag decoration, and three inscriptions in Hebrew and Greek for Yehuda (perhaps identified as "the captive") and Ioulia (perhaps identified as originally from Asia). Now in Jerusalem. Dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.

CIIP1: 545

Limestone

JLM0058

H 27cm
W 58cm
D 22.5cm

Three rosettes within a zigzag frame on facade, and three inscriptions incised on facade (a), on the left short side (b), and on the right short side (c).

(a) יוהדהשבאה
(b) ΙΟΥΔΙ/Α
(c) ΙΟΥΛΙΑ
ΑΣΙΑΝΗ

(a) y˹hw˺dh šbʾh
(b) Ιουδι/α
(c) Ιουλια | Ασιανη

(a) Yehuda the captive (?)
(b) Ioudi/a
(c) Ioulia from Asia (?)

CIIP1

CIIP1

CIIP1

SBF Museum, Jerusalem, inv. no. SF 7602

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.559-560, no.545.