Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shalom, wife of El'azar from Jerusalem (JLM0199)
Dublin Core
Title
Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shalom, wife of El'azar from Jerusalem (JLM0199)
Description
Limestone ossuary with rosettes and a Hebrew inscription for Shalom, identified as the wife of El'azar, from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 340
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0199
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 73cm
W 41cm
D 35cm
W 41cm
D 35cm
Decoration
Two rosettes in different styles on the facade, and two disks on the roof. One rosette on each short end of the ossuary. The inscription is incised on the facade above one rosette. Gabled lid.
Language
Diplomatic
שלום אשת אלעזר
Edition
šlwm ʾšt ʾlʿzr
Translation
Shalom, wife of El'azar
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Findspot
Burial cave near Deir es-Sineh in the Kidron Valley
Current Location (if known)
JLM0198-JLM0011 were all found in the same burial cave in the Kidron Valley.
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
Notes
JLM0198, JLM0199, JLM001-JLM0004 were all found in the same burial cave in the Kidron Valley.
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.361-362, no.340.
Citation
“Ossuary with a Hebrew inscription for Shalom, wife of El'azar from Jerusalem (JLM0199),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed October 4, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/432.