 IAA Number: 2015-127
 | Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Greek
Period: Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 5.4 cm
Wide: 7.6 cm
Description: A abecedary, a writing exercise.
Three other Greek abecedaries were found in Maresh.
By the end of the 3rd century to the beginning of the 2nd century BCE
Greek seems to have been in common use among the inhabitants of
Maresha.
Bibliography: Ecker A. and Korzakova H. 2014. "Greek inscribed pottery" in: I. Stern (ed.) The Excavations of Maresha: Subterranean Complex 57: The 'Heliodorus' Cave. BAR (IS) 2652: 95- 101, Fig. 9. 3.
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