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: 4.9 cm
Wide: 2.7 cm
Description: The Ostracon is dated ftom the 4th to the 2nd centuries BCE. Translation: SPL: 2 [...] The name SPL, Shapal, is documanted on a Hebrew seal.
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. 10.





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