RT Article
T1 A Lavish, Roman-Period Burial Cave in Tiberias
JF Israel exploration journal
VO 72
IS 2
SP 204
OP 218
A1 Leibner, Uzi 1970-
A1 Amitzur, Yair
LA English
PB Soc.
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1836319517
AB This article presents a lavish, Roman-period burial cave discovered in the northern necropolis ofTiberias. It consisted of three skillfully hewn rooms comprising a vestibule with wall paintings and two burial chambers with loculi. Two ossuaries were discovered in the cave, one bearing a Greek inscription. Another Greek inscription, originally placed above one of the loculi, apparently mentioned one of the family patriarchs. Pottery vessels and oil lamps found in the cave date its use to the late first and mainly to the second century CE. The cave's opulence, and the attestation of a population that was literate in Greek, indicate that it belonged to one of the elite Jewish families of Tiberias.
K1 Roman Galilee
K1 Jewish burial customs
K1 ossilegium
K1 Greek inscription
K1 Tiberias