The "James" ossuary
Unprovenanced. The box is ancient; whether the reference to Jesus is ancient is disputed, and an acquittal in court did not settle it.
Fakakikihi'iMe'a1st century AD (inscription disputed)
A limestone bone-box inscribed "James son of Joseph, brother of Jesus". It has no findspot. The Israel Antiquities Authority declared the second half of the inscription a modern forgery and prosecuted the owner; after a seven-year trial he was acquitted of forgery, the court finding the prosecution had not proved its case — which is not the same as the inscription being authenticated.
Ya'akov bar Yosef akhui di Yeshua — James son of Joseph, brother of Jesus.
- Na'e 'ilo'i
- Unknown — surfaced on the antiquities market, 2002 — No excavation context
- 'Oku tauhi 'i
- Private collection, Israel
- Lea
- Aramaic
- Na'e a'u mai fēfē kiate kitautolu
- Na'e keli hake, pe 'oku kei tu'u 'i he potu na'e langa ai.
Ko e me'a 'oku ne fakahā
No excavation context, a failed prosecution rather than a positive authentication, and continuing disagreement among epigraphers. All three names were extremely common.
Founga hono ngāue'aki 'e he kau hisitōlia
Widely reported in the press; treated with caution in scholarship because of the provenance and the trial.
'I he Folofola
Fekau'aki mo
Ngaahi ma'u'anga fakamatala
'Oku 'i he lea faka-Pilitānia 'a e ngaahi fakamatala ko 'eni he taimi ni. 'E muimui mai 'a e liliu.