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Kurtz and Boardman, Greek Burial Customs, p. 211.

Hachlili and Killebrew, “Jewish Funerary Customs During the Second Temple Period, in the Light of the Excavations at the Jericho Necropolis,” PEQ 115 (1983), p. 128; Hachlili, “A Second Temple Period Jewish Necropolis in Jericho,” BA 43 (1980), p. 237.

Rahmani, “Some Remarks on R. Hachlili and A. Killebrew’s ‘Jewish Funerary Customs,’” Palestine Exploration Quarterly (PEQ) 118 (1986), pp. 96–100.

Kurtz and Boardman, Greek Burial Customs, p. 211.

Rahmani, “Jason’s Tomb,” IEJ 17 (1967), pp. 61–100.

See J.M.C. Toynbee, Death and Burial in the Roman World (London: Thames & Hudson, 1971). These cases are also explained as representing the payment to Charon; cf. D.C. Kurtz and J. Boardman, Greek Burial Customs (London: Thames & Hudson, 1971).

Rachel Hachlili and Ann Killebrew, “Was the Coin-on-Eye Custom a Jewish Burial Practice in the Second Temple Period?” BA 46 (1983), pp. 147–153, esp. p. 150.

Avraham Negev, “The Nabatean Necropolis of Mampsis (Kurnab),” Israel Exploration Journal (IEJ) 21 (1971), p. 119.

This coin was discovered by Zias during his anthropological work in the tomb.

Anthropological tests were performed by Joseph Zias and Tzipora Kahana of the Israel Antiquities Authority.