Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shelamzaion from Jerusalem (JLM0154)
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Title
Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shelamzaion from Jerusalem (JLM0154)
Description
Limestone ossuary with rosettes and a two-line Hebrew inscription for Shelamzion, daughter of Theudion/Theodotion. An ossuary for a certain Theodotion was discovered nearby, dating to the same period, but it is not certain that the two are connected. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 209
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0154
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 27cm
W 55cm
D 23.5cm
W 55cm
D 23.5cm
Decoration
Two rosettes on facade, two-line Hebrew inscription incised on left short side. Flat lid.
Language
Diplomatic
שלמציון
בת תדיון
בת תדיון
Edition
šlmṣywn | bt tdywn
Translation
Shelamzion daughter of Theudion (or Theodotion)
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave on the west slope of Mount Olives
Current Location (if known)
Hebrew University Institute of Archaeology, Jerusalem, inv. no. 1478
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
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.240-241, no.209.
Citation
“Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shelamzaion from Jerusalem (JLM0154),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/320.