Ossuary with bilingual inscriptions for Papias and Salome from Jerusalem (JLM0021)

Ossuary with bilingual inscriptions for Papias and Salome from Jerusalem (JLM0021)

Limestone ossuary with rosettes and geometric decoration and Greek and Hebrew inscriptions for Papias and Salome, originally from Beth Shean/Scythopolis. From the same burial cave as JLM0020, and likely from the same family.

CIIP1: 412

Limestone

JLM0021

H 35cm
W 67.5cm
D 26cm

Two 14-petaled rosettes flanking a tree trunk within zigzag frames. Three-line Greek and Hebrew inscription (a) on back side, and two-line Greek inscription on back side of lid.

(a) Παπιας
ppys hbsny
(b) Παπιας και Σαλωμη | Σκυθοπολειται

(a) Papias. Papias from Beth Shean.
(b) Papias and Salom(e?), Scythopolitans

CIIP1

CIIP1

CIIP1

Burial cave in the Schneller compound, Jerusalem

Beth Shemesh, IAA inv. no. 1953-393

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.435-436, no.412.