Ossuary with a bilingual inscription for Selampsin from Jerusalem (JLM0190)

Ossuary with a bilingual inscription for Selampsin from Jerusalem (JLM0190)

Limestone ossuary with rosettes and geometric decoration and Greek and Hebrew inscriptions for Selampsin/Shelamzion, identified as the daughter of Ariston. The ossuary of a Shalom, daughter of Ariston (JLM0189), was found in the same complex, and probably belongs to her sister. Ariston's ossuary was also found in the same complex (CIIP1: 326-327, no.304), and the inscription there identifies him as a proselyte originally from Apamea. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.

CIIP1: 309

Limestone

JLM0190

H 29cm
W 53cm
D 26cm

Two rosettes divided by zigzag and wedge decorations on the facade. Two bilingual inscriptions on the back (a) and lid (b)

(a) Σελαμψιν Ἀριστωνος |
slmwsyn bt rstwn

(b) Σε⎾λα⏋μσιν |
slmsywn bt rstwn

(a) Selampsin (daughter) of Ariston. Shelamzion daughter of Ariston.
(b) Se(la)msin. Shelamzion daughter of Ariston

CIIP1

CIIP1

CIIP1

Akeldama Caves, Kidron Valley (cave 3, chamber D, ossuary 28)

Hechal Shlomo Museum, Jerusalem, IAA inv. no. 1990-1246

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.332-333, no. 309.