 IAA Number: 2007-3616
 | 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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