 IAA Number: 1990-1248
 | Object's Name: Ossuary Inscribed, Greek
Period: Early Roman (period)
Material: Limestone
Site: Jerusalem, `En Rogel
Lenght: 72 cm
Wide: 33 cm
Description: Decorated in high relief with two rossetes on the front and a
bucranium on both narrow sides. Two Greek inscriptions are incised,
one on the side between bull's horns and another on back.
Translation:
Aza[ris] son of Berous (or: of Beirot)
has made (it);
of Erota
Bibliography: Shadmi T. 1996. The Akeldama tombs, Avni G. and Greenhut Z. (eds.). IAAR 1: 45-46, Fig. 2.12. Ilan T. 1996. The Akeldama tombs, Avni G. and Greenhut Z. (eds.). IAAR 1: 60-61, Figs. 3.7, 3.8.
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