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: 4.2 cm
Wide: 2.5 cm
Description: The Ostracon is dated from the 4th to the 2nd centuries BCE. translation: 1. BALYTN 1 [...] 2. barley: 1, wheat: 2 [...] This ostracon is probably part of a docket indicationd the paid taxes. BALYTN- another form of the personal name BALNTN
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. 8.7.





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