Ossuary with Aramaic inscription for Shalom, mother of Mattiya, from Jerusalem (JLM0012)
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Title
Ossuary with Aramaic inscription for Shalom, mother of Mattiya, from Jerusalem (JLM0012)
Description
Limestone ossuary with Aramaic inscriptions for Shalom, whose son and husband were both named Mattiya. A Mattiya is also known from the same burial complex (CIIP1, 401, no.380) From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 381
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0012
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 37cm
W 73.5cm
D 34cm
W 73.5cm
D 34cm
Decoration
Plain, with two inscriptions on one long side (a) and on the lid (b).
Language
Edition
(a) slm | wmtyh brh
(b) 'tt mtyh wbrh
(b) 'tt mtyh wbrh
Translation
(a) Shalom and Mattiya her son
(b) The wife of Mattiya and her son.
(b) The wife of Mattiya and her son.
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave in the Greek colony/Talbiye neighborhood
Current Location (if known)
Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, inv. no. 1936-1870
Name 1
Name 2
Role 2
Name 3
Role 3
Notes
The family burial complex in which this ossuary was found apparently belonged to Dositheos and his wife Shelamzion (JLM0013), their children (incl. El'azar and his wife, JLM0011), and grandchildren. See CIIP1, 396-404, nos.375-383.
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. "," no.
Citation
“Ossuary with Aramaic inscription for Shalom, mother of Mattiya, from Jerusalem (JLM0012),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 25, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/445.