Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Judaea. Jerusalem, near Silwan. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with incised ornamentation. Funerary.

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doubled lines (representing ashlars?) edges of all four sides of chest metopes front of chest encircled six-petalled rosettes in metopes line circles encircling rosettes zigzag rosette front of chest 20 BCE to 70 CE Judaea Jerusalem Kidron Valley

Judaea. Jerusalem. Kidron Valley, near Silwan.

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הגדם

the amputated (the one-handed)(?)

הגדם

Ossuary has inner ledge on three sides and traces of red wash. Height refers to height of chest plus that of vaulted lid. Broken lid is sliding, with heights of ends unequal. Ornamentation, on all four sides of the chest, consists of thin doubled lines on edges, each side perhaps representing an ashlar. On the chest's front, two metopes, each containing a six-petalled rosette within a line circle, and a zigzag rosette. Inscription is written in large letters on the chest's back side. הגדם is a nickname in status emphaticus. Such derogatory nicknames were common (as in "the lame one," "the deaf one," "the hunchback," "the stammerer"), and some became family names.

92 plate 10, fig. 62:F plate 10, fig. 62:B