Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Martha, daughter of Pshy, from Jerusalem (JLM0167)
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Title
Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Martha, daughter of Pshy, from Jerusalem (JLM0167)
Description
Ossuary with a two-line Hebrew inscription for Martha, identified as the daughter of Pshy. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 253
Date
Language
Identifier
JLM0167
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Decoration
Two-line inscription incised on the long side of a plain ossuary.
Language
Diplomatic
מרתא בת
פצחי
פצחי
Edition
mrt' bt pṣḥy
Translation
Martha, daughter of Pshy
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave in Jebel Batn el-Hawa, the Mount of Olives
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
Notes
Found in the same burial cave as JLM0165-JLM0166, JLM0168-JLM0172.
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.280-281, no.253.
Citation
“Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Martha, daughter of Pshy, from Jerusalem (JLM0167),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 18, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/400.