Ossuary fragment with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Shelamzion from Jerusalem (JLM0029)
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Title
Ossuary fragment with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Shelamzion from Jerusalem (JLM0029)
Description
Ossuary fragment with geometric decorations and a one-line Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Shelamzion from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 437
Date
Language
Identifier
JLM0029
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 11cm
W 13cm
W 13cm
Decoration
A row of half-circles within zigzag lines, and a one-line inscription incised in the middle of one of the half-circles.
Language
Edition
slmsywn
Translation
Shelamzion
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave near Nahal Atarot
Current Location (if known)
Ecole BIblique, Jerusalem, inv. no. 13.6
Name 1
Notes
JLM0024-JLM0030 were found in the same burial cave.
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. 457, no.437.
Citation
“Ossuary fragment with a Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Shelamzion from Jerusalem (JLM0029),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 28, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/652.