Img. ID: 2683

כן )=כאן( הן מנחות אטיו בתו שלרבי גמליאל בן נחמיה שמתה בתולה בת עשרין ושתים שנה ואטיון בתו שלרבי יהודה בנו שלרבי גמליאל שמתה בת תשע שנים וששה חודשים עמידת]ן עם הצדיקים[

The sarcophagus has a rectangular body and a high gabled lid with four acroteria on the corners. The front side of the sarcophagus is decorated with a rectangle flanked by wreaths. The right narrow side is decorated with a disc. The back and left side are undecorated. On the front of the lid is a Hebrew inscription. The front side - is decorated on the centre by a rectangle with two intersecting diagonals, flanked by two wreaths. The right wreath is incised in diagonal rope-pattern in sunk relief. A ribbon dangling from the wreath is stylized in a geometric design, creating a monogram of the letters A and Y. The left wreath is only indicated by external engraves in the shape of the greek letter Omega. The right narrow side - is decorated with a concave carved disc. On the front side of the lid - and between the acroteria, is a Hebrew inscription containing eight lines. According to N. Avigad the inscription reads as follow: "Here they lie, Atio, the daughter of Rabbi Gamliel, son of Nehemia,who died a virgin at the age of twenty two years, and Ation, the daughter of Rabbi Judah, the son of Rabbi Gamliel, who died at the age of nine years and six month. May the resurrection [be with the righteous]".