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                <title>Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine</title>
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                    <name xml:id="MS">Michael Satlow</name>
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                        <idno type="IIP">Jeru 0489</idno>
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                            <p>Jerusalem, 1st Century CE. Ossuary. Funerary (Epitaph).</p>
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                                    <p>3 sets of inscriptions. The first is 2 lines. The second 3
                                        lines. The third is 2 lines.</p>
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                                <p>First inscription letter height is 5 cm. Second is 4 cm. Third is
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                                <ab>First inscription, written in green chalk</ab>
                                <locus>Front of ossuary</locus>
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                                <ab>Second inscription</ab>
                                <locus>back of ossuary</locus>
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                                <ab>Third inscription, bilingual</ab>
                                <locus>Lid</locus>
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                     <date period="http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0m63njbxb9" notBefore="0001" notAfter="0100">First Century
                                CE</date>
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                                <region>Judaea</region>
                                <settlement ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687928">Jerusalem</settlement>
                                <geogName type="site">Kidron Valley</geogName>
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            <change when="2018-05-02" who="Sabrina Whitfill">Initial Entry</change>
        <change when="2019-01-29" who="persons.xml#Elli_Mylonas">
                adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value.
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            <change when="2021-10-26" who="Chris Zeichmann">added image</change>
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            <div type="edition" subtype="diplomatic" ana="b1">
                <div type="textpart" subtype="front">
                    <p>ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ<lb/>ϹΙΜWΝ</p>
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                <div type="textpart" subtype="rear">
                    <p>ϹΙΜWΝ ΑΛΕ<lb/>ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ<lb/>ϹΙΜWΝΟϹ</p>
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                <div type="textpart" subtype="lid">
                    <p>ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ<lb/>
                  <foreign xml:lang="heb">אלכסנדרוס קרנית</foreign>
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                    <p>(front) Alexander (son of) Simon</p>
                    <p>(rear)Simon Ale, Alexander (son) of Simon</p>
                    <p>(lid) of Alexander, Alexander QRNYT</p>
                
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                <p>The Hebrew text could refer to a type of plant with aromatic leaves identified
                    with thyme or another medicinal plant and could be interpreted as Alexander
                    Qornit. It could also refer to his place of origin and could be interpreted as
                    Alexander the Cyrenian.<lb/>The omegas are written as Ws.</p>
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