It is a box, or chest, into which the bones of a deceased person were put after the body had decayed in a burial cave. Many ossuaries were looted from burial places around Jerusalem.
ती एक पेटी किंवा संदूक होती ज्यात कबरेतील मृत व्यक्‍तीचा देह कुजल्यानंतर तिची हाडे ठेवली जात असत.