Ossuary with an Aramaic inscription for Shapira wife of Shim'on the proselyte from Jerusalem (JLM0076)
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Title
Ossuary with an Aramaic inscription for Shapira wife of Shim'on the proselyte from Jerusalem (JLM0076)
Description
Limestone ossuary with rosettes and a three-line Hebrew/Aramaic inscription for Shapira, identified as the wife of Shim'on the proselyte. Now in Jerusalem. Dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 598
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0076
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 31cm
W 59.5cm
D 25cm
W 59.5cm
D 25cm
Decoration
Two 6-petaled rosettes within two frames. Three-line Aramaic inscription incised on short left side.
Language
Diplomatic
שפירא
אנתת שמעון
גירא
אנתת שמעון
גירא
Edition
špyrʾ | ʾntt šmʿwn | gyrʾ
Translation
Shapira, wife of Shim'on the proselyte
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Current Location (if known)
Hebrew University Institute of Archaeology, inv. no. 1536
Name 1
Role 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.600, no.598.
Citation
“Ossuary with an Aramaic inscription for Shapira wife of Shim'on the proselyte from Jerusalem (JLM0076),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed December 4, 2023, http://www.wireproject.org/items/show/699.