Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shalon, daughter of Li'ezer from Jerusalem (JLM0002)
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Title
Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shalon, daughter of Li'ezer from Jerusalem (JLM0002)
Description
Limestone ossuary with rosettes and a Hebrew inscription for Shalon, identified as the daughter of Eli'ezer. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 342
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0002
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 30cm
W 62cm
D 26cm
W 62cm
D 26cm
Decoration
Two rosettes flanking a plant on the facade. Vaulted lid. The one-line Hebrew inscription is incised on the right short side.
Language
Diplomatic
שלון בת ליעזר
Edition
šlwn bt lyʿzr
Translation
Salon, daughter of Li'ezer
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave near Deir es-Sineh in the Kidron Valley
Current Location (if known)
Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, IAA inv. no. S-881
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
Notes
JLM0198, JLM0199, JLM001-JLM0004 were all found in the same burial cave in the Kidron Valley.
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.363, no.342.
Citation
“Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shalon, daughter of Li'ezer from Jerusalem (JLM0002),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 18, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/435.