Ossuary with Aramaic inscription for Pinhas, mentioning his mother, from Jerusalem (JLM0116)
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Title
Ossuary with Aramaic inscription for Pinhas, mentioning his mother, from Jerusalem (JLM0116)
Description
Limestone ossuary with rosettes, palm tree, and geometric decoration, with an Aramaic inscription for Pinhas, son of Yosef, and mentioning either the tomb or burial of his mother, from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 83
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0116
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 30cm
W 59cm
D 26cm
W 59cm
D 26cm
Decoration
A palm tree flanked by two six-petaled rosettes on the facade, with zigzag frames; short right side also decorated with a six-petaled rosette. The ossuary contains three inscriptions: on the facade (a), on the right side (b), and on the right edge of the facade (c). Flat lid.
Summary of contents
Bones of a man (identified with Pinhas)
Language
Diplomatic
(a) פינחס בר יוסף
(b) פינחס בר יוסף קבר אמ ה
(c) כבלין
(b) פינחס בר יוסף קבר אמ ה
(c) כבלין
Edition
(a) pynḥs br ywsp
(b) pynḥs br ywsp qbr ʾmh
(c) kblyn
(b) pynḥs br ywsp qbr ʾmh
(c) kblyn
Translation
(a) Pinhas the son of Yosef.
(b) Pinhas the son of Yosef.
His mother's tomb.
(c) KBLYN
(b) Pinhas the son of Yosef.
His mother's tomb.
(c) KBLYN
Findspot
Burial cave on the western slope of Mount Scopus
Current Location (if known)
Beth Shemesh IAA inv. no. 1975-672
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
Name 3
Role 3
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. 125-126, no.83
Citation
“Ossuary with Aramaic inscription for Pinhas, mentioning his mother, from Jerusalem (JLM0116),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed October 21, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/209.