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[
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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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