 IAA Number: 2015-195
 | Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Aramaic, Personal/Divine Name
Period: Persian-Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 6.5 cm
Wide: 5 cm
Description: Reading:
ענני[
NNY'
A man of the House of David bore this name acording to 1 Chronicles.
The name is known from other inscriptions.
The name is written on base of a bowl dated to the Iron age period.
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. 27.
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