Ossuary with a bilingual inscription for Joseph and Salome from Jerusalem (JLM0192)
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Title
Ossuary with a bilingual inscription for Joseph and Salome from Jerusalem (JLM0192)
Description
Ossuary decorated with rosettes and inscriptions in Greek and Hebrew/Aramaic for Joseph and Salome, from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE. Yosef's name is in Hebrew/Aramaic, and Salome's name appears twice in Greek.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 319
Date
Format
Limestone
Identifier
JLM0192
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Decoration
Rosettes on the facade and two inscriptions incised on each end.
Diplomatic
(a) יהוסף
(b)ΣΑΛΩΜΗ
ΣΑΛΩΜΗ
(b)ΣΑΛΩΜΗ
ΣΑΛΩΜΗ
Edition
(a) yhwsp
(b) Σαλωμη | Σαλωμη
(b) Σαλωμη | Σαλωμη
Translation
(a) Yosef
(b) Salome. Salome.
(b) Salome. Salome.
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Wadi Beth Sahur in the Kidron Valley, Jerusalem
Name 1
Name 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.339-340, no.319.
Citation
“Ossuary with a bilingual inscription for Joseph and Salome from Jerusalem (JLM0192),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/425.