 IAA Number: 1984-503
 | Object's Name: Ossuary & Lid With Inscription, Aramaic
Period: Early Roman (period)
Material: Limestone
Site: חיזמה(?)
Lenght: 44.5 cm
Wide: 21 cm
Description: Aramaic inscription: Yehohana/Yehohana daughter of Yehohanan/ son of
Thophlos, the high priest.
It's possible that Yehohana was the granddaughter of the high priest
Theophilos (ca. 37-41 CE).
Bibliography: Barag D., Flusser D. 1986. The Ossuary of Yehohanah Granddaughter of the High Priest Theophilus. IEJ 36 (1): 39-45. Rahmani, L.Y. 1994. A Catalogue of Jewish Ossuaries in the Collections of the State of Israel. Jerusalem, 259, Pl. 132: 871.
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