Ossuary with Greek inscriptions for Dosous from Jerusalem (JLM0046)

Ossuary with Greek inscriptions for Dosous from Jerusalem (JLM0046)

Limestone ossuary with rosettes and architectural decorations and 6 incised Greek inscriptions for Dosous, identified as the daughter of Teimeiseion and wife of Protas. From Jerusalem, dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.

CIIP1: 497

Limestone

JLM0046

H 27cm
W 46.5cm
D 23.5cm

Facade framed by a hexastyle columned porch with 6-petaled rosettes in the intercolumnations. Greek inscriptions found on the facade (a), on the back (b), on the right short side (c), on the left short side (d1-d2), and on the inside (e).

(a) ΠΡΩΤ

(b) ΔΩΣΟΥΣΘΥΓΑΤ[.]Ρ[....]

(c) ΣΕΙΩΝ[..]
[..]ΟΥΣΓΥΝ[.]
[...]ΤΑΤ[..]
[....]ΤΗ[--]

(d1)ΔΩΔΟΥΣΓ[.]ΝΗΠΡΩ
Τ[.]ΤΟΣΘΥΓΑΤΗΡΤΕΙ
[...]ΣΕΘΩΝΟΣ

(d2) [.]ΣΟΥΣΓΥΝΗΠΡ[.]
[.]ΑΤΟΣΘΥΓΑΤΗ[.]
[...]ΜΕΙΣΕΙΩΝΟ[.]

(e) ΠΡΩΤΑΤ [..]

(a) Πρωτ(ατος)

(b) Δωσους Θυγατ[η]ρ [Τειμει]|σειων[ος]

(c)[Δω]σους γυν[η | Πρω]τατ[ος | Θυγα]τη[ρ Τειμεισειωνος]

(d1) Δωσους γ[υ]νη Πρω|τ[α]τος Θυγατηρ Τει|[μει]σειωνος

(d2) [Δω]σους γυνη Πρ[ω]τατος Θυγατη[ρ | Τει]μεισειωνος

(e) Πρωτατ[ος]

(a) Of Protas.

(b) Dosous daughter of Teimeiseion.

(c) Dosous wife of Protas, daughter of Teimeiseion.

(d1) Dosous wife of Protas, daughter of Teimeiseion.

(d2) Dosous wife of Protas, daughter of Teimeiseion.

(e) Of Protas.

CIIP1

CIIP1

CIIP1

Silwan?

Beth Shemesh, IAA inv. no. 1969-100

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. 517-519, no.471 .