National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Ostracon, Slab Inscribed, Hebrew, Arabic
Period: Umayyad
Material: Marble
Site: Mafjar, Kh. el-
Lenght: 25.5 cm
Wide: 6.7 cm
Description: "To Hisham, the prince of the faithful may God make him good and let his people profit by him"
Bibliography:
Baramki D.C. 1939. Excavations at Khirbet El Mefjer III. QDAP VIII: 51-53.
Hamilton R.W. 1959. Khirbat al Mafjar, an Arabian Mansion in the Jordan Valley. Oxford, 42-44, Pl. XCIV.





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