Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Judaea. Jerusalem. 20 BCE to 135 CE. Soft limestone ossuary. Funerary.

 28.5 57 23.5

20 BCE to 135 CE Judaea Jerusalem Mount Scopus Ras el-Jami (Isawiya)

Judaea. Jerusalem. Eastern slope of Mount Scopus. Ras el-Jami (Isawiya).

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גאיס נניס

Gaius the small

גאיס נניס

Ossuary has inner ledge on three sides. Lid is missing. The Latin name Caius (Gaius) was common among western Jews and occasionally occurs in this region, though it is considered a non-Jewish name in contemporaneous local literature. נניס, possibly ננוס, was originally a nickname derived from the Greek νᾶνος, "dwarf." Used as an adjective here, it is analogous to קטנה, which itself is attested transliterated into Greek. These derogatory nicknames and others such as "the dour" and "the amputated'" may have originated as terms of abuse but become accepted family names.

172 plate 61, fig. 421 plate 61, fig. 421 (detail)