JEWISH BURIAL CUSTOM

Jewish burial customs in the Second Temple period are known from the two main excavated cemetries of Jurusalem and Jericho in the Land of Israel.The Jericho excavations indicate (Hachlili and Killebrew) that these loculi tombs can be classified into primary burial in wooden coffins followed by secondary burials of collected bones.In Jurusalem,primary burials in wooden coffins did not survive owing to poor preservation of organic materials.The orientation of the burials has no special significance as the bodies were placed in all direction.Items that were personal possessions were mostly found with woman and children in their wooden coffins,and objects of daily life were usually placed in the tomb itself.The ossuaries were sometimes decorated and inscriptions were incised or written on the front,back or sides mentioning the desceased name and family relation.Besides,the burial place consisits of cotacombs,with a frontal courtyard and portals constructed of stone doors imitating wooden doors with nails.Several burial halls space out along a corridor were hewn in the rock.

example of coffins:-

the system of burying people

the clothes use to wear for burial