Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with chip-carved ornamentation. Funerary.

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metope frame front of chest running-dog frame within metope frame two-columned porch motif within frames encircled six-petalled rosettes flanking porch concentric line circles encircling rosettes 20 BCE to 70 CE Judaea Jerusalem Valley of the Cross Ben Zvi Boulevard, below Sha'are Hessed

Judaea. Jerusalem. Valley of the Cross, Ben Zvi Boulevard, below Sha'are Hessed.

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Ἐσκίας

Eskias

Ἐσκίας

Ossuary has inner ledge on three sides, traces of red wash, low feet, and flat, sliding lid. Ornamentation, on the chest's front side, consists of a "running-dog" frame within a metope frame, containing a degenerated two-columned porch motif flanked on left and right by six-petalled rosettes within concentric line circles. The name is a contraction of Ἐζεκίας attested on other ossuaries and in the Septuagint and Josephus. Ἐζεκίας derives from חזקיה, itself a common contraction of יחזקיהו. The ossuary contained tiny bronze nails in addition to bones, probably belt-studs.

153 plate 47, fig. 330