 IAA Number: 2015-162
 | Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Aramaic
Period: Persian-Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 4.7 cm
Wide: 5.5 cm
Description: The Ostracon dated to the end of the 4th century BCE.
Tranlation:
1. ZBD'DH, by the hands of
2. Tanhum; to year 12 [or 13 (?)
3. loads of straw: 4
4. which are not
5. prepared/ ready (?)
This Ostracon belongs to a group of dockets indicating taxes paid to
the Persian or Macedonian authorities.
ZBD'DH- An Idumean personal name.
Tanhum- An Hebrew personal name.
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. 8.3.
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