Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Unknown provenance. 20 BCE to 250 CE. Soft limestone ossuary. Funerary.

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20 BCE to 250 CE Judaea Unknown

Unknown. Purchased on antiquities market.

Beth Shemesh, IAA inv. no. 1969-688

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Σαούλου ΚλευπάτυςΣάουλος

of Saul, son of Cleopatros. Saul

Σαούλου Κλευπάτυς Σάουλος

Worn ossuary has low feet. Height describes that of chest plus that of vaulted lid. The single name Σάουλος appears on the chest's right side, inscribed in vertical descent; the rest, partially obliterated, appears on the chest's front. Σάουλος is a common name. Κλεύπατρους is either a variant of the female name Κλεοπατρω in the genitive -- in which case it is a rare example of a metronymic -- or the male name Κλεόπατρος incorrectly inflected. It occurs in Egypt, but is not attested locally. The ligature of tau and rho in the name resembles the contemporary monogram on coins of King Herod.

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