Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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 jeru0125 jeru0125

Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 70 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with finely incised ornamentation. Funerary.

 31+4 62 26

zigzag frame front of chest metopes within frame encircled six-petalled rosettes in metopes zigzags overlaying petals zigzag circles encircling rosettes zigzag quarter-circles outer corners of metopes palm-tree motif triglyph zigzag semi-circles indicating branches and roots tree zigzag semi-circles forming trunk tree 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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Σίμον

Simon

Σίμον

Ossuary has inner ledge on four sides, low feet, and a gabled lid with fingergrips. Height describes that of chest plus that of lid. Ornamentation on the chest's front side consists of two metopes in a zigzag frame, with triglyph transformed into palm-tree motif. Concentric, zigzag semi-circles indicate ascending branches, mirrored by roots, and the trunk is formed of one zigzag line and two zigzag semi-circles. Each metope contains a six-petalled rosette within a zigzag circle, with zigzags overlaying petals and zigzag quarter-circles in the outer corners. The chest's right side has a lattice pattern in red wash, and the back side has the pattern repeated twice. The name, inscribed on the chest's right side, is more frequently spelled Σίμων. A similar sigma, executed in three strokes, occurs on a contemporaneous stone weight from Jerusalem. A second ossuary from the tomb seems to have been inscribed by the same hand and has similar ornamentation (see inscription "jeru0126").

153 plate 47, fig. 332:F plate 47, fig. 332:R