 IAA Number: 2015-164
 | Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Aramaic
Period: Persian-Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 3.7 cm
Wide: 3.2 cm
Description: The Ostracon dated to the end of the 4th century BCE.
Tranlation:
1. The height/ Ramta [...]
2. On the 10th of Adar [...]
This Ostracon belongs to a group of dockets indicating taxes paid to
the Persian and Macedonian authorities.
Ramta- it might be a name of a place or indicating a heigh place or a
hill, hence it might specify the origin of the grain.
On the 10th of Adar- Usually, the taxes were paid in the form of
wheat and barley at harvest time (during the months Sivan, Tammuz and
Ab), while in Adar other products, like oil.
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. 8.5.
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