Ossuary with Greek inscription for Mara Storge and Chresimos from Jerusalem (JLM0150)
Dublin Core
Title
Ossuary with Greek inscription for Mara Storge and Chresimos from Jerusalem (JLM0150)
Description
Ossuary with a five-line Greek inscription for Mara Storge and Chresimos, father of Demarchia, whose ossuary was also found in the burial complex (JLM0152). It is not clear if Mara Storge refers to one or two people. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 200
Date
Language
Identifier
JLM0150
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 40cm
W 93cm
D 33cm
W 93cm
D 33cm
Decoration
Plain, with five-line inscription on one short side
Language
Diplomatic
ΜΑΡΑ
ΣΤΟΡΓΗ
ΧΡΗΣΙΜΟΣ
ΠΑΤΗΡ
ΔΗΜΑΡΧΣ
ΣΤΟΡΓΗ
ΧΡΗΣΙΜΟΣ
ΠΑΤΗΡ
ΔΗΜΑΡΧΣ
Edition
Μαρα | Στοργη | Χρησιμος | πατηρ | Δημαρχ<ια>ς
Translation
Mara Storge, Chresimos father of Demarchia
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial complexes at Dominus Flevit on the west slope of the Mount of Olives (chamber 452, oss. 61)
Current Location (if known)
SBF Museum, Jerusalem, inv. no. SBF 00432, coll. B35AF
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. 233-234, no.200.
Citation
“Ossuary with Greek inscription for Mara Storge and Chresimos from Jerusalem (JLM0150),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed March 28, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/316.