Ossuary with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Mariam Yohana from Jerusalem (JLM0156)
Dublin Core
Title
Ossuary with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Mariam Yohana from Jerusalem (JLM0156)
Description
Limestone ossuary decorated with floral motifs and including a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Miriam Yohana, who may be one or two people. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 217
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0156
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 30cm
W 26cm
D 50cm
W 26cm
D 50cm
Decoration
Two 24-petaled rosettes containing 8-petaled rosettes flanking a lily. The facade is enclosed with a zigzag frame and discs inside the frame's corners and along the long edges. Vaulted lid. The inscription is incised a single line located on the left short side.
Language
Diplomatic
מרים יחנה
Edition
mrym yḥnh
Translation
Miriam Yohana
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave north of Augusta Victoria Hospital on the Mount of Olives
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. 248-249, no.217.
Citation
“Ossuary with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Mariam Yohana from Jerusalem (JLM0156),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed May 3, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/322.