National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Aramaic, Personal/Divine Name
Period: Persian-Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 3 cm
Wide: 3 cm
Description: Reading: עדרי DRY' The name 'DRY is known from othe Idumean ostraca. Personal names inscribed on sherds of storage jars were usually signify ownership of jars. They might have contained a date and the quantity of the agricultural product. 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. 26.





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