 IAA Number: 2015-190
 | Object's Name: Ostracon Aramaic, Personal/Divine Name
Period: Persian-Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 4.3 cm
Wide: 4.2 cm
Description: Reading:
אפולונס
Translation:
Apollonius
Apollonius- a Greek name, also used by Jews. Anothe ostracon bear the
same name and probably belongs to the same person and written by the
same scribe.
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. 22.
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