National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Ostracon Aramaic
Period: Early Roman (period)
Material: Pottery
Site: Jerusalem, Old City, Jewish Quarter, Area F, M
Description: Translation: 1. Unfortunate (and) poor 2. that thomthing bad 3. in all A.D. .H 4. Mattathias, notsword 5. peace, in peace The ostraca found in area X-2, stratum 7 that dated to the Hashmonean period, (mid 2nd-1st cent. BCE). Eshel (2003: 403) sugested to dated it to 70 CE, during the first revolt, while Jerusalem was under a siege.
Bibliography:
Eshel E.. Aramaic ostraca from areas W and X-2, in: H. Geva (ed.) Jewish Quarter Excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem Vol. II. Jerusalem, 401-404.





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