Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Judaea. Jericho. 5 CE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary.

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metope frame front of chest fluted frames within metope frame tomb facade within frames three-columned porch tomb facade zigzag frieze above porch gable above frieze square acroterium atop gable extended antae indicating acroteria sides of porch encircled six-petalled rosettes flanking tomb facade concentric line circles encircling rosettes drilled dots between petals encircled six(?)-petalled rosette right side of chest concentric line circles encircling rosette on chest's right side 5 CE to 70 CE Judaea Jericho Tomb A2

Jericho, Tomb A2.

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יהוסף בר יתרא ו

Yehosef, son of Yitro(?) [and(?)

יהוסף בר יתרא ו

Fragmentary, partially reconstructed and mostly restored ossuary has inner ledge. Lid is missing. Ornamentation on the chest's front side consists of a metope frame containing a fluted frame with a tomb facade at center, flanked by six-petalled rosettes within concentric line circles. Segments link petal-tips and small dots are drilled between petals. The tomb facade consists of a three-columned porch beneath a zigzag frieze, topped by a gable with a square central acroterium and antae extended upwards to indicate side acroteria. Ornamentation on the chest's right side consists of a six(?)-petalled rosette within concentric line circles; name is inscribed very faintly in the upper-right hand corner. A name at the end of the inscription seems to be missing, with only its initial letter, perhaps a vav, surviving. This ossuary and one from the Kidron Valley, Jerusalem are the earliest instances of the name יתרא in Jewish epigraphy. Here the resh and aleph are regarded as a ligature.

234-235 plate 110, fig. 773:F plate 110, fig. 773:R, top page 29, fig. 15