A latin epitaph of a soldier from Magen’s excavations in Damascus Gate and the burial grounds of Jerusalem between 70 and 130 CE
The article discusses the inscribed tombstone of a Roman soldier, recently rediscovered in storage at Damascus Gate. This tombstone adds to a group of tombs and tombstones that were documented in the past in this area and along the northern wall of the Old City of Jerusalem. The concentration of tom...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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Israel exploration journal
Year: 2020, Volume: 70, Issue: 1, Pages: 90-98 |
| Summary: | The article discusses the inscribed tombstone of a Roman soldier, recently rediscovered in storage at Damascus Gate. This tombstone adds to a group of tombs and tombstones that were documented in the past in this area and along the northern wall of the Old City of Jerusalem. The concentration of tombs suggests that after 70 CE, when the Tenth Roman legion camped on the southwestern hill of Jerusalem, soldiers and camp followers were buried along the roads that led from the military camp to the north and east. After 130 CE, areas extending north of the camp were included in the city limits and were therefore banned for further burial. Indeed, tombs later than the mid-2nd century CE are rare here, and burial seems to have disappeared by the end of this century. |
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| ISSN: | 0021-2059 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Israel exploration journal
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