Ossuary with Greek and Hebrew/Aramaic inscriptions for Ioudan and Shapria from Jerusalem (JLM0141)

Ossuary with Greek and Hebrew/Aramaic inscriptions for Ioudan and Shapria from Jerusalem (JLM0141)

Limestone ossuary decorated with rosettes and containing inscriptions in Greek and Hebrew/Aramaic written in charcoal for Ioudan, a proselyte of Tyre, and Shapira. Ioudan's name is written in both Greek and Hebrew/Aramaic, while Shapira appears only in the Hebrew/Aramaic, although possibly twice. Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.

CIIP1: 174

Limestone

JLM0141

H 30cm
W 54cm
D 25cm

Rosettes on facade. Greek inscription (a) written in charcoal on inside of one long side. Hebrew/Aramaic (b) inscription also written in charcoal, on the outside of the lid.

(a) ΙΟΥΔΑΝΠΡΟΣΗΑΥΤΟ
ΤΥΡΟΥ
[ש]פיר[א]

(b) שפיר א

(a) Ιουδαν προσηλυτο[ς] | Τυρου | [š]pyr[']
(b) špyr'

(a) Ioudan the proselyte, of Tyre. Shapira?
(b) Shapira

CIIP1

CIIP1

CIIP1

Burial complexes at Dominus Flevit on the west slope of the Mount of Olives (chamber 79, oss. 21)

SBF Museum, Jerusalem, inv. no. SBF00448, coll. B35AC

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. 209-211, no.174.