Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shelamzion, daughter of Shim'on from Jerusalem (JLM0003)

Dublin Core

Title

Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shelamzion, daughter of Shim'on from Jerusalem (JLM0003)

Description

Limestone ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shelamzion, identified as the daughter of Shim'on, from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.

Source

Publisher

CIIP1: 343

Format

Limestone

Language

Identifier

JLM0003

Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata

Physical Dimensions

H 31cm
W 54.6cm
D 28cm

Decoration

Plain, with a gabled lid and a two-line Hebrew inscription incised on one long side.

Language

Diplomatic

שלמציוןברתשמ
שמעון

Edition

šlmṣywn brt {šm} | šmʿwn

Translation

Shelamzion, daughter of Shim'on

Diplomatic Constituted From

CIIP1

Edition Constituted From

CIIP1

Translation Constituted From

CIIP1

Findspot

Burial cave near Deir es-Sineh in the Kidron Valley

Current Location (if known)

Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, IAA inv. no. S-880

Name 1

Role 1

Name 2

Role 2

Notes

JLM0198, JLM0199, JLM001-JLM0004 were all found in the same burial cave in the Kidron Valley.

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.364, no.343.

Citation

“Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shelamzion, daughter of Shim'on from Jerusalem (JLM0003),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/436.

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