Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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

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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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שבי בן יהוסף

Shobai son of Yehosef

שבי בן יהוסף

The inscribed area is 11 cm long and the height of the letters is about 2 cm. The inscription is on one line on a narrow side of the ossuary. The second letter of the first name in the inscription is not absolutely clear. The ב could be read as מ, which would give the name of Shammai, or שמאי (which is the Talmudic spelling of the name). However, the author is inclined to consider this letter as ב. The cave was discovered during the excavations on Ophel Hill in 1928 by J.W. Crowfoot on behalf of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

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