Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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 Jeru 0311

Jerusalem, 1 CE - 70 CE. Ossuary. Funerary (Malediction).

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Hard limestone block. Lid of the block is notably attached via a bronze nail, which is a rare method

Traces of a blue pigment In and on most of the letters

1-70 CE Judaea Jerusalem Israel Aharoni Street, c. 3.5 km south-west of the Temple Mount

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אלכסא בר שלום ברת אלכסא ארור שיטלני ממקומי

Alexa son of Shalom daughter of AlexaCursed (be whoever) will take me from my place

The inscription's overall style and execution indicate that it was completed by someone with professional expertise and demonstrate an exact precision that is extremely rare amongst this category of Hebrew and Aramaic ossuary inscriptions. The inscription itself deviates from the norm in referring to the deceased's mother, rather than his father, a practice seen only one other time in a survey of ossuary inscriptions. The curse still stands as the most extreme of curses found to date in ossuary inscriptions.

אלכסא בר שלום ברת אלכסא ארור שיטלני ממקומי

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