Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shelamzion, daughter of Shim'on from Jerusalem (JLM0003)
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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
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0003
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 31cm
W 54.6cm
D 28cm
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
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.