Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Masada, between 66 and spring 73 or 74 CE. Wall. Graffiti.

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The dimensions in this entry are the dimensions of the stamp, not of the entire fragment.

A convex bread-stamp was used

 66-74 CE Judaea Masada 1139

Found in a room in the eastern wall.

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

 Initial Entry Adding Pleiades IDs to origin/placenames adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value.

IOSEPU

Iosepus

It is likely that Josephus was a Jew who had previously be supplying the Roman army with bread but joined the rebels on Masada.This is the only example of Jewish epigraphical evidence in Latin from Palestine.

Iosepus

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