 IAA Number: 2015-204
 | Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Aramaic, Personal/Divine Name
Period: Persian-Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 4 cm
Wide: 2 cm
Description: Reading:
1. --קו- בר ענוי
2. -- בנוהי
1. son of 'NWY [...]
2. his sons [...]
The first word is unclear, probably a personal name. A tentative
reading would be: עמקוס.
The ostracon is dated from the 4th to the 2nd centirues 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. 33.
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