 IAA Number: 2015-191
 | Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Personal/Divine Name, Aramaic
Period: Persian-Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 2.5 cm
Wide: 2.9 cm
Description: Reading:
דמתריס
Translation:
Demetrius
Demetrius- A Greek name which derives from the Greek goddess Demeter.
Personal names inscribed on sherds of storage jars were usually
signify ownership of the jars. They might have contained a date and
the quantity of the agricultural product.
The ostracon is dated from the 4th to the 2nd century BCE.
Bibliography: Eshel E. 2014. "Iron age, Phoenician and Aramaic inscriptions" in: I. Stern (ed.) The Excavations of Maresha: Subterranean Complex 57: The 'Heliodorus' Cave. BAR (IS) 2652: 77- 94, Fig. 8. 23.
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