Ossuary for the twins Philoutarion and Annios from Jerusalem (JLM0069)
Dublin Core
Title
Ossuary for the twins Philoutarion and Annios from Jerusalem (JLM0069)
Description
Limestone ossuary with rosettes and architectural decoration and a one-line Greek inscription for Philoutarion and Annios, perhaps identified as twins. Presumably from Jerusalem. Dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 581
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0069
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 27.5cm
W 62cm
D 30cm
W 62cm
D 30cm
Decoration
Three rosettes on a recessed panel with columns on edges. Gabled lid. Inscription incised above rosettes on facade, with red pigment in letters.
Language
Diplomatic
ΦΙΛΟΥΤΑΡΙΟΥΚΑΙΑΝΝΙΟΥΜΝΘΑΥΜΩΝ
Edition
Φιλουταριου και Αννιου ΜΝΘΑΥΜΩΝ
Translation
Of Philoutarion and Annios, twins (?)
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Current Location (if known)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. X.248.11a, b.
Name 1
Name 2
Notes
The last 6 letters are unclear; they may be a name, or a reference to the ossuary of twins, transferred from Hebrew/Aramaic to Greek.
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.586-587, no.581.
Citation
“Ossuary for the twins Philoutarion and Annios from Jerusalem (JLM0069),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 24, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/692.