The Ossuaries Without Inscriptions

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The inscriptions on the ossuaries found in the Talpiot Tomb in 1980 by a bulldozer read as follows:

Ossuary 80/500: �Mariamene e Mara� � �Mariamne, also called Master�

Ossuary 80/501: �Yehuda bar Yeshua� � �Judah, son of Jesus�

Ossuary 80/502: �Matia� � �Matthew�

Ossuary 80/503 �Yeshua bar Yosef� � �Jesus, Son of Joseph�

Ossuary 80/504 �Yose� or �Yosa� � a nickname for �Joseph�

Ossuary 80/505: �Maria� � a Latinized version of the Hebrew �Miriam.�

Of the ten ossuaries pulled from the niches of the burial chamber, inscriptions were recorded as occurring on six, a very high ratio considering that only 20% of the thousands of ossuaries ever found bear such inscriptions.

Ossuaries 80/506-508 were plain, with no inscriptions.

And no one knows anything really about Ossuary 80/509. It disappeared before it could be checked for inscriptions or ornamentation.

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