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: 3.7 cm
Wide: 3.2 cm
Description: The Ostracon dated to the end of the 4th century BCE. Tranlation: 1. The height/ Ramta [...] 2. On the 10th of Adar [...] This Ostracon belongs to a group of dockets indicating taxes paid to the Persian and Macedonian authorities. Ramta- it might be a name of a place or indicating a heigh place or a hill, hence it might specify the origin of the grain. On the 10th of Adar- Usually, the taxes were paid in the form of wheat and barley at harvest time (during the months Sivan, Tammuz and Ab), while in Adar other products, like oil.
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. 8.5.





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