Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Jerusalem, 20 BCE to 135 CE. Soft limestone ossuary with incised ornamentation. Funerary.

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vertical panel front of chest triple line border around panel encircled six-petalled rosettes flanking panel concentric line circles encircling rosettes 20 BCE to 135 CE Judaea Jerusalem

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מריס ושמעון בני שאול

Maris and Shim'on, sons of Sha'ul

מריס ושמעון בני שאול

Broken and reconstructed ossuary has inner ledge on three sides and a flat, sliding lid. Ornamentation, on the chest's front side, consists of two six-petalled rosettes within concentric line circles flanking a vertical panel with triple line border. Inscription is on the chest's back side. The name מריס is a variation of the Greek Μάρης, which derived from the Semitic word מר, meaning "Lord." It it also spelled Μάρες and, in early-second century CE Egypt, Μαρεις. An ossuary that is probably from the same tomb bears the name "Ἁwira, son of Maris," perhaps referring to this Maris (see inscription "jeru0227"). Other instances of siblings interred together are documented.

248 plate 122, fig. 820