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: 4.5 cm
Wide: 3.7 cm
Description: Very unclear reading: 1. נחלא- עליד 2. אכל-נק-- 3. כול את/סוך Translation: 1. [...] by the hand of 2. [...] 3. [...] all עליד ('by the hand of')- the term is frequently used in the Idumea ostraca, usually followed by a personal 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. 19.





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