Ossuary with an Aramaic inscription for Shelamzion from Jerusalem (JLM0010)
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Title
Ossuary with an Aramaic inscription for Shelamzion from Jerusalem (JLM0010)
Description
A limestone ossuary with rosettes and two Aramaic inscriptions for Shelamzion, identified as the wife of Yeho'ezer of the Kallon family, and the daughter of Gamla. A Yeho'ezer appears on another ossuary, belonging to his children, from the same burial complex (JLM009). From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 369
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0010
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 32.5cm
W 60cm
D 26cm
W 60cm
D 26cm
Decoration
Two 6-petaled rosettes within a frame, and two inscriptions on the (a) facade, and (b) the long side of the lid.
Language
Edition
(a) slmsywn 'ntt yhw'zr br qlwn brt gml'
(b) slmsywn brt gml'
(b) slmsywn brt gml'
Translation
(a) Shelamzion wife of Yeho'ezer son of Kallon, daughter of Gamla
(b) Shelamzion daughter of Gamla
(b) Shelamzion daughter of Gamla
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial complex for the Kallon family in the Katamon neighborhood, Jerusalem
Current Location (if known)
Hebrew University Institute of Archaeoloy, Jerusalem, inv. no. 1527
Name 1
Name 2
Role 2
Name 3
Role 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.390-392, no.369.
Citation
“Ossuary with an Aramaic inscription for Shelamzion from Jerusalem (JLM0010),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 27, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/443.