Ossuary with Aramaic inscriptions for "other mother" Shelamzaion from Jerusalem (JLM0013)
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Title
Ossuary with Aramaic inscriptions for "other mother" Shelamzaion from Jerusalem (JLM0013)
Description
Limestone ossuary with two Aramaic inscriptions for Shelamzion, called "our mother." From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.
Source
Publisher
CIIP1: 382
Date
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
JLM0013
Sarcophagus or Ossuary Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
H 36cm
W 49cm
D 26cm
W 49cm
D 26cm
Decoration
Plain, with one-line Aramaic inscriptions on one (a) long side, and (b) across the lid.
Language
Edition
(a) 'mn slmsywn
(b) slmsyn 'mnh
(b) slmsyn 'mnh
Translation
(a) Our mother Shelamzion
(b) Shelamzi(o)n our mother
(b) Shelamzi(o)n our mother
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP1
Edition Constituted From
CIIP1
Translation Constituted From
CIIP1
Current Location (if known)
Burial cave in the Greek colony/Talbiye neighborhood
Name 1
Role 1
Notes
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.
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.402-403, no.382.
Citation
“Ossuary with Aramaic inscriptions for "other mother" Shelamzaion from Jerusalem (JLM0013),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed September 8, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/446.