Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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 anna0001 Anna 0001

Wadi an-Nar, Date unknown. Ornamented ossuary in hypogeum. Funerary.

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six-petalled rosette on the broad sides of the inside of the ossuary zigzag bands front of the ossuary Date Unknown Judaea Wadi an-Nar31.666944,35.448333 Qata hypogeum

Judaea. Caves at Wadi-an Nar. It is situated approximately half an hour to the east before reaching Bi'r Ayyub, on the right hand side of the Wadi at a spot called Qata.

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מתיה

Mattiah

מתיה

The front of the ossuary is bordered by zigzag lines. The inside is divided into three fields and the broad sides are decorated with a small flower design. The top edge of the center part of the ossuary has the Hebrew inscription. The inscribed area is 7 cm long and the height of the letters is about 18 mm. It was discovered in a hypogeum with several other ossuaries during the excavations on Ophel Hill in 1928 by J.W. Crowfoot on behalf of the Palestine Exploration Fund. The inscribed name מתיה is an abbreviation of the name מתתיה. Other abbreviated forms of this name have been found in tomb-caves in Jerusalem and Malha. The scale of the tomb suggests that it was owned by a wealthy family.

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