Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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 jeri0010 jeri0010

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

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zigzag frames front, left and right sides of chest metopes within frames on front side encircled six-petalled rosettes in metopes and on left and right sides of chest zigzag circles encircling rosettes zigzags overlaying petals on front side and linking circles to corners of metopes 5 CE to 70 CE Judaea Jericho Tomb H

Jericho, Tomb H.

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ΣίμωνΣίμων

Simon. Simon

Σίμων Σίμων

Ossuary has traces of red wash and low feet. Height describes that of chest plus that of fragmentary, vaulted lid with fingergrip(s). Ornamentation on the chest's front side consists of two metopes in zigzag frames, each containing a six-petalled rosette within a zigzag circle, with zigzags overlaying petals and linking circles to corners of metopes. Ornamentation on the chest's left and right sides is similar; a zigzag frame contains a six-petalled rosette within a zigzag circle. The name is inscribed once vertically, bottom to top, above the rosette in the left-hand metope, and once above the rosette on the chest's right side. Another ossuary in the tomb bears the names Manahem and Simon, inscribed in different places (see inscription "jeri0009"); it is possible that Σίμων was mistakenly carved there, intended for this ossuary. Repetition of the name of the deceased may express grief of the mourner(s) or improve upon an unsatisfactory first inscription.

241 plate 116, fig. 795:F plate 116, fig. 795:R 31-66