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Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Aramaic
Period: Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 6.8 cm
Wide: 4 cm
Description: Reading: 1. ] מאתכה יתב 2. ] ושלם הוא והן 3. ]מחר ואחרן 4.מטה חדו ברעוה 1. from you, (he) dwell/settle [...] 2. and complete it (?). And if [...] 3. tomorrow (?). Another one [...] 4. rejoice in pleasure [...] This fragmantary text was part of a letter. The right side did not survive, as well as its beginning and end. ושלם הו- this combination is well attested, especially as greeting in letters. אחרן- The meaning is 'another one', beginning of a new subject ('another matter'). Term that was mainly used in 1st century CE ostraca. The ostracon is dated to the 3rd or 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. 38.
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