Ossuary with Aramaic inscriptions for the wife of El'azar from Jerusalem (JLM0011)

Ossuary with Aramaic inscriptions for the wife of El'azar from Jerusalem (JLM0011)

Limestone ossuary with rosettes and two Aramaic inscriptions for the unnamed wife of El'azar from Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.

CIIP1: 377

Limestone

JLM0011

H 40cm
W 64cm
D 35cm

Two 3-petaled rosettes within double-lined medallions and double-lined panels on facade. Inscriptions on the right side (a) and front of the lid (b)

(a) 'ntt 'l'zr
(b) 'ntt 'l'zr

(a) the wife of El'azar
(b) the wife of El'azar

CIIP1

CIIP1

CIIP1

Burial cave in the Greek colony/Talbiye neighborhood

Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, IAA inv. no. 1936-1871

The family burial complex in which this ossuary was found apparently belonged to Dositheos and his wife Shelamzion (JLM0013), their children (incl. El'azar and his wife, JLM0011), and grandchildren. JLM0012, belonging to Shalom the wife of Mattiya, was also found here. See CIIP1, 396-404, nos.375-383.

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. 398-399, no.377.