 IAA Number: 2015-163
 | Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Aramaic
Period: Persian-Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 8.8 cm
Wide: 5.4 cm
Description: The Ostracon dated to the end of the 4th century BCE.
Translation:
1. PN [...by the hands of (?) Tanhum'
2. To the year 12, loads od strew: 6
3. which are not prepared/ ready (?)
This Ostracon belongs to a group of dockets indicating taxes paid to
the Persian and Macedonian authorities.
Tanhum- An Hebrew personal name.
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. 8.4.
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