Ossuary from 1st Century Replica (resin cast, about 22 inches long by 10 inches wide, by 11 inches tall). People in Israel were buried in ossuaries around the time of Christ until 70 AD. An Ossuary is a bone box. The body is put in a tomb for a year, then the bones are collected an put in a box called an ossuary. Note that is ossuary has a very common rosette pattern on the front.