Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Coastal Plain. Ben Shemen. 20 BCE to 135 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with finely incised ornamentation. Funerary.

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zigzag frames front of chest metopes within frames encircled six-petalled rosettes in metopes concentric zigzag circles encircling rosettes concentric line circles encircling rosettes zigzag quarter-circles upper outer corners of metopes zigzag diagonals lower outer corners of metopes palm-tree motif triglyph concentric zigzag semi-circles indicating branches and roots tree zigzags forming trunk tree 20 BCE to 135 CE Judaea Ben Shemen31.954,34.9249

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לוי בר מלשה בגפיה

Levi, son of Malosha

לוי בר מלשה בגפיה

Broken, reconstructed and partially restored ossuary has low feet and red wash on its front side. Height describes that of chest plus that of gabled lid with fingergrips. Ornamentation on the chest's front side consists of two metopes in zigzag frames and a triglyph replaced by a trunkless palm-tree motif. Concentric zigzag semi-circles indicate ascending branches and roots and zigzags form its trunk. Each metope contains zigzag quarter-circles in upper outer corners, zigzag diagonals in lower outer corners, and a six-petalled rosette within concentric line and zigzag circles, with zigzags overlaying petals. Back, right and left sides of chest and top of lid have a lattice pattern in red wash. Inscription is on the chest's right side. לוי is a common name of the period. מלשה might be a nickname in status emphaticus derived from the word מלוש, meaning "kneading trough." Other kitchen-derived nicknames on ossuaries include "pot" and "oil-cake." Naveh, however, reads the name as מנשה. The word בגפיה may, like בלבדא, indicate either that no further remains should be added to the ossuary, or that the ossuary contained nothing beyond the deceased's remains, that is, nothing of value.

208-209 plate 89, fig. 610:F plate 89, fig. 610:B plate 89, fig. 610:R plate 89, fig. 610:R (detail)