Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Maria, a proselyte from Delos, from Jerusalem (JLM0164)
Dublin Core
Title
Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Maria, a proselyte from Delos, from Jerusalem (JLM0164)
Description
Limestone ossuary with a door-knocker decoration and a Hebrew inscription for Maria, identified as a proselyte from the Greek island of Delos, from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 238
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0164
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 30cm
W 30cm
D 3cm
W 30cm
D 3cm
Decoration
Facade decorated by a carved circular door-knocker within a frame. The one-line Hebrew inscription is incised above the frame.
Language
Diplomatic
מריה הגירת הדילסת
Edition
mryh hgyrt hdylst
Translation
Maria the proselyte from Delos
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Viri Galilaei on the Mount of Olives
Current Location (if known)
Museum of the Greek Patriarchate, Jerusalem
Name 1
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. 265-266, no.238
Citation
“Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Maria, a proselyte from Delos, from Jerusalem (JLM0164),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/397.