An inscribed ossuary, bearing the inscription “Yehohana barat Yehohanan bar Theophilos the high priest”. Roman period, first century AD. The ossuary was purchased in the antiquity market in Jerusalem.

Site item id

18977

Collection name
IAA (Israel Antiquities Authority)
Item period
Early Roman
Exhibition location

מוזיאון הכט, חיפה

Items discovered in official excavations

An inscribed ossuary, bearing the inscription "Yehohana barat Yehohanan bar Theophilos the high priest". Roman period, first century AD. The ossuary was purchased in the antiquity market in Jerusalem.