 IAA Number: 2015-202
 | Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Aramaic, Personal/Divine Name
Period: Persian-Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 4.5 cm
Wide: 3.6 cm
Description: Reading:
1. עדרי
2. והבאל
1. DRY'
2. WHB'L
עדרי- the name is known from other Idumean ostraca.
והבאל- A popular Nabatian name.
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. 32.
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