Ossuary with bilingual inscription for Mariame and three others from Jerusalem (JLM0149)

Ossuary with bilingual inscription for Mariame and three others from Jerusalem (JLM0149)

Limestone ossuary with rosettes and a column with a Greek inscription for Mariame, "of Zacharias," "of El'azar," and "of Simon." The relationship between these figures is unclear and the names were each inscribed by different hands. A Hebrew/Aramaic inscription, "snyyt" appears after the Greek inscription. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.

CIIP1: 199

Limestone

JLM0149

2 six-petaled rosettes flanking a fluted Ionic column within a zigzag frame. Inscriptions on facade above rosettes.

ΖΑΧΑΡΙΟΥ
ΜΑΡΙΑΜΗ
ΕΛΑΖΑΡΟΥ
ΣΙΜΩ
ΝΟΣ
[snyyt]

Ζαχαριου | Μαριαμη |
Ελαζαρου | Σιμω|νος
? snyyt

Of Zacharias. Mariame. Of El'azar. Of Simon. snyyt?

CIIP1

CIIP1

CIIP1

Burial complexes at Dominus Flevit on the west slope of the Mount of Olives (chamber 437, oss. 115)

SBF Museum, Jerusalem, inv. no. SF 7714, SBF 00453, 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.231-232, no.199.