National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Body Sherd Jar Inscribed, Incised Inscription, Greek
Period: Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 10.2 cm
Wide: 8.6 cm
Description: The meaning of this inscription is unclear, but it seems that it was a numerical notation. The letter gamma- may be the numeral three. the letter kappa- may represent the dry measure qab, known to have been in use in Maresha.
Bibliography:
Ecker A. and Korzakova H. 2014. "Greek inscribed pottery" in: I. Stern (ed.) The Excavations of Maresha: Subterranean Complex 57: The 'Heliodorus' Cave. BAR (IS) 2652: 95- 101, Fig. 9. 6.





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