Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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 jeri0003 Jeri 0003

Judaea. Jericho. 5 CE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with finely incised ornamentation. Funerary.

 27+3 54 23

zigzag frames all sides of chest and on lid metopes within frames on front and back palm-tree motif triglyphs on front encircled twelve-petalled rosettes in metopes on front encircled six-petalled rosettes on left and right sides of chest zigzag circles encircling all rosettes zigzags overlaying petals on chest's front side, linking circles to frame zigzag semi-circles linking circle to frame on left and right sides zigzag circles encircling rosettes zigzag line along apex of lid 5 CE to 70 CE Judaea Jericho Tomb D1

Jericho, Tomb D1.

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Σίμωνος Lἔτους ΜΑ

of Simon, aged 41

Σίμωνος Lἔτους ΜΑ

Broken and badly battered, reconstructed and slightly restored ossuary has low feet, some damaged, and a vaulted, decorated lid. Height describes that of chest plus that of lid. Ornamentation, on the chest's front side, consists of three metopes in zigzag frames and triglyphs replaced by trunkless palm-tree motifs, which consist of zigzag semi-cricles at top and base. Each metope contains a twelve-petalled rosette of different size within a zigzag circle, with zigzags overlaying petals and linking outer circles to the corners of the frame. Ornamentation on the left and right sides is similar, a zigzag frame containing a six-petalled rosette within a zigzag circle, with a zigzag semi-circle linking the outer circles to the base of the frame. Five metopes in zigzag frames are on the chest's back side, and the lid has a zigzag frame with a zigzag line along the length of the apex. Inscription is superimposed on the chest's front side. A pottery bowl found nearby bears the name "Yishma'el, son of Shim'on, son of Palta, (from) Jerusalem"; perhaps it refers to this Shim'on. Age of the deceased is rarely found on ossuaries; on this one and another from Jericho the sign L, standing for ἐτῶν, is used to signal age (see inscription "jeri0003"). Locally, the sign was used to indicate dates at Maresha and later on coins of the Herodian dynasty and the Roman procurators. It occurs in Jewish tomb inscriptions in Egypt and Cyrenaica, and its use on ossuaries from Israel/Palestine may indicate the scribe's foreign origin.

236 plate 112, fig. 778:F plate 112, fig. 778:B plate 112, fig. 778:L