Ossuary with a bilingual inscription for Ammia from Jerusalem (JLM0020)

Ossuary with a bilingual inscription for Ammia from Jerusalem (JLM0020)

Limestone ossuary with rosettes and geometric decoration and Hebrew and Greek inscriptions for Ammia, originally from Beth Shean/Scythopolis. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE. From the same burial cave as JLM0021, and likely from the same family.

CIIP1: 410

Limestone

JLM0020

H 30cm
W 60cm
D 25cm

Two 12-petaled rosettes containing two 6-petaled rosettes flanking a tree trunk, all within a zigzag frame on the facade. Two-line Hebrew inscription (a) on right short side, and one-line Greek inscription (b) on back.

(a) 'myh hhsnyt
(b) Αμμια Σκυθοποκιτισσα

(a) Ammia from Beth Shean
(b) Ammia the Scythopolitan

CIIP1

CIIP1

CIIP1

Burial cave in the Schneller Compound, Jerusalem

Hebrew University Institute of Archaeology, inv. no. 8168

Three ossuaries were found in the burial cave, all belonging to members of a family from Beth Shean/Scythopolis (CIIP1 432-436, nos.410-412). See also JLM0021.

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. 432-433, no.410.