Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Judaea. Isawiyya. Date unknown. Ornamented ossuary in a loculus tomb. Funerary.

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rosette on the front side of the ossuary Date Unknown Judaea Isawiyya31.7986,35.2483 Loculus I

Caves at Isawiyya. They were found southeast of Isawiyya, a village on the northeast edge of Jerusalem that is also called Anathoth. This is one of 13 ossuaries found in one cave's six loculi.

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יהוחנן

Yehohanan

יהוחנן

The height of the gable-shaped lid is 16 cm. The ossuary rests on four small feet. The front is divided into two spaces by three ornamented double bands, each decorated with a rosette. The ornamentation of the left double band and the border of rosettes is incomplete. The Hebrew inscription is engraved on the back of the ossuary and is 15 cm long. The feminine form of the inscribed name, יחנה, is inscribed in a tomb-cave on the western slope of the Mount of Olives.

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