National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Aramaic
Period: Persian-Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 4.8 cm
Wide: 4.3 cm
Description: Translation: [...]qab: 2, `BD[...] The name with the element `BD is a popular Nabatean name. The Ostracon is dated from the 4th to the 2nd centuries 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. 12.





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