Ossuary with Aramaic inscription for Ima from Jerusalem (JLM0048)
Dublin Core
Title
Ossuary with Aramaic inscription for Ima from Jerusalem (JLM0048)
Description
Limestone ossuary with a two line incised inscription in Aramaic for Ima, identified as the daughter of Hananiya and mother of "the Sokhoite," a reference to the town of Sokho. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 501
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0048
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 28cm
W 53cm
D 23cm
W 53cm
D 23cm
Decoration
Plain, with a two-line incised inscription on one long side
Language
Edition
ʾmh brt ḥnnyʾ ʾmh zy | swkyʾ
Translation
Ima daughter of Hananiya, mother of the Sokhoite.
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Current Location (if known)
Beth Shemesh, IAA inv. no. 1969-121.
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.522-523, no.501.
Citation
“Ossuary with Aramaic inscription for Ima from Jerusalem (JLM0048),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/671.