Tomb of Benei Hezir

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Second Temple period tomb ancient burial monument rock-cut tomb

The Tomb of Benei Hezir is an ancient rock-cut burial monument in Jerusalem, notable for its Hebrew inscription and association with a priestly family from the Second Temple period.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tomb of Benei Hezir canonical	4
Benei Hezir tomb	3
Tomb of Zechariah	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Second Temple period tomb ⓘ ancient burial monument ⓘ rock-cut tomb ⓘ
adjacentTo	Pillar of Absalom ⓘ Tomb of Zechariah ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Hellenistic Jewish funerary architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Priestly family of Zadok ⓘ surface form: Hezir priestly family Second Temple period priesthood ⓘ
category	Jewish burial sites ⓘ Rock-cut tombs in Israel ⓘ Second Temple period sites in Jerusalem ⓘ
conservationStatus	ancient monument exposed to natural erosion ⓘ
coordinateLocation	31.777°N 35.243°E ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
culture	Jewish ⓘ
function	family burial place ⓘ
hasInscription	Hebrew inscription naming members of the Hezir family ⓘ
hasPart	burial chambers cut into cliff ⓘ rock-cut façade ⓘ rock-cut passageway ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of Jerusalem Old City and its Walls UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception	2nd century BCE ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	necropolis of the Kidron Valley ⓘ surface form: Mount of Olives necropolis
location	Jerusalem ⓘ Kidron Valley ⓘ
material	rock ⓘ
mentionedIn	Mishnah ⓘ surface form: Mishnah (Middot) by tradition
namedAfter	Benei Hezir (sons of Hezir) ⓘ
notableFor	association with a priestly family mentioned in the Bible ⓘ one of the earliest known Hebrew funerary inscriptions ⓘ
numberOfBurialChambers	multiple burial chambers ⓘ
partOf	archaeological heritage of Jerusalem ⓘ monumental tombs of the Kidron Valley ⓘ
publicAccess	viewable from outside ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
significantPeriod	Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ surface form: Hasmonean period Late Second Temple period ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kidron Valley → contains → Tomb of Benei Hezir ⓘ

Tomb of Absalom → adjacentTo → Tomb of Benei Hezir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tomb of Zechariah

Tomb of Absalom → adjacentTo → Tomb of Benei Hezir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Benei Hezir tomb

Har HaZeitim → contains → Tomb of Benei Hezir ⓘ

necropolis of the Kidron Valley → hasPart → Tomb of Benei Hezir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Benei Hezir tomb

Yad Avshalom → adjacentTo → Tomb of Benei Hezir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Benei Hezir tomb

Pillar of Absalom → near → Tomb of Benei Hezir ⓘ

Tomb of Zechariah → adjacentTo → Tomb of Benei Hezir ⓘ