Ossuary with Hebrew inscriptions for Hananiya and Shalom from Jerusalem (JLM0057)

Ossuary with Hebrew inscriptions for Hananiya and Shalom from Jerusalem (JLM0057)

Limestone ossuary with rosettes, a branch, circles, and zigzag decoration, and four inscriptions in Hebrew for Hananiya and Shalom and a warning against the addition of new bones. Perhaps from Jerusalem. Dated to the 1st c. BCE/CE.

CIIP1: 528

Limestone

JLM0057

H 36cm
W 74cm
D 31.5cm

Ossuary with two 21-petaled rosettes flanking a leafy branch, enclosed within a zigzag frame with circles in the corners. The Hebrew inscriptions are incised on the facade (a), on the right short side (b), on the left short side (c), and on the lid (d).

(a) [..]חנניה ושל
(b) חנןיה
(c) כלאד ִם ִנ ִהןקרבן
(d) חנןיה
ושלומ

(a) ḥnnyh wšl[wm]
(b) ḥnnyh
(c) kl ʾdm <š>nhn<h> qrbn
(d) ḥnnyh wšlwm

(a) Hananiya and Shalom.
(b) Hananiya.
(c) Any man (who) benefits (from this ossuary)-- Qorban.
(d) Hananiya and Shalom.

CIIP1

CIIP1

CIIP1

Unknown

Beth Shemesh, IAA inv. no. 2007-286, 287.

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.544-545, no.528.