The heel bone of a crucified man
Crucifixion in first-century Jerusalem is attested in the body of a victim — nailed, and then given ordinary burial.
Подтверждено раскопкамиПредмет1st century AD
In an ossuary inscribed "Yehohanan son of Hagkol" lay a right heel bone with an iron nail still through it, bent at the tip against a knot in the wood. He had been buried properly in a family tomb. It remains the principal physical trace of a Roman crucifixion.
…a nail 11.5 cm long, driven through the right calcaneum, with fragments of olive wood still attached.
- Найдено
- A tomb at Giv'at ha-Mivtar, northern Jerusalem, 1968 — Vassilios Tzaferis's excavation
- Хранится
- Israel Antiquities Authority
- Язык
- Aramaic (ossuary inscription)
- Как это дошло до нас
- Раскопано или до сих пор стоит там, где было построено.
Что она показывает
It shows the practice, and that a crucified man could be released for burial. It has nothing to do with any particular execution. Early reconstructions of the body's exact posture were later revised.
Как это используют историки
The standard physical reference in any study of Roman crucifixion.
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Источники
- Tzaferis, "Jewish Tombs at and near Giv'at ha-Mivtar", IEJ 20 (1970); Zias & Sekeles, IEJ 35 (1985)
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