Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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

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zigzag frames front of chest metopes within frames encircled six-petalled rosettes in metopes concentric line circles encircling rosettes leaves lower corners of metopes palm trees transformed from all uprights palm tree triglyph zigzag semi-circles indicating branches tree zigzag quarter-circles indicating branches tree 20 BCE to 70 CE Judaea Jerusalem Giv'at Hamivtar

Judaea. Jerusalem. Giv'at Hamivtar.

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שלם חננ של בידוד

Shalom (Shallum?), Hanan. Of the house of David

שלם חננ של בידוד

Ossuary has inner ledge on two sides, low feet, and flat, cut-to-measure lid with fingergrips. Ornamentation, on the chest's front side, consists of a bare triglyph and two metopes in zigzag frames, each containing a six-petalled rosette within concentric line circles, and single leaves in lower corners (once replaced by a zigzag quarter-circle). All uprights are transformed into palm trees, with zigzag semi- and quarter-circles indicating ascending branches. The first two words appear above the right-hand rosette; the latter two on the chest's right side. The reading of שלם חננ is uncertain, as both the shin and lamed and the mem and heth seem to be ligatures. If this reading is accepted, the first word is unlikely to be the word meaning "peace," which we would expect after the name of the deceased, not before. It is more likely the female name contracted from שלמציון or the male name Shallum. Kloner cites the term דבידודי here, which refers to a member of an uncle's household, but it is attested in third to fourth century CE Babylonia and thus remote in period and location from this ossuary. An alternative interpretation of the phrase on the ossuary's right side suggests that the deceased was of Davidic ancestry; such claims were made for Hillel the Elder, for example, and the several names of this tomb associated with the royal house of David (Avshalom, Hanan, and perhaps Shallum) support the view that certain families in the city claimed Davidic descent. No clues can be gleaned from the tomb's facade, as it was bulldozed prior to excavation. (See source for a greater discussion of this opinion.)

173-174 plate 62, fig. 430:F plate 62, fig. 430:R plate 62, fig. 430:R, rim (detail)