National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Ossuary & Lid Inscribed, Greek
Period: Early Roman (period)
Material: Limestone
Site: Jerusalem, Mizrah Talpiyyot
Lenght: 68 cm
Wide: 26 cm
Height: 32 cm
Description: On the long back side, is an Greek inscription: Mariame and Mara or: Mariame who is also (known as) Mara.
Bibliography:
Kloner A. 1996. A Tomb With Inscribed Ossuaries in East Talpiot, Jerusalem. ATIQOT XXIX: 15-22, Fig. 2.
Cotton H. M. et al 2010. Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaea/Palaestinae, Vol. I: Jerusalem. Germany, 499-500, Fig. 477.
Rahmani L. Y. 1994. A Catalogue of Jewish Ossuaries. Jerusalem, 222, No. 701.

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Ossuary & Lid Inscribed  
Photographer :Meidad Suchowolski

Ossuary & Lid Inscribed  
Photographer :Meidad Suchowolski





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