 IAA Number: 2015-166
 | Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Aramaic
Period: Persian-Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 4.2 cm
Wide: 2.5 cm
Description: The Ostracon is dated from the 4th to the 2nd centuries BCE.
translation:
1. BALYTN 1 [...]
2. barley: 1, wheat: 2 [...]
This ostracon is probably part of a docket indicationd the paid
taxes.
BALYTN- another form of the personal name BALNTN
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. 8.7.
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