National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Greek
Period: Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 5.4 cm
Wide: 7.6 cm
Description: A abecedary, a writing exercise. Three other Greek abecedaries were found in Maresh. By the end of the 3rd century to the beginning of the 2nd century BCE Greek seems to have been in common use among the inhabitants of Maresha.
Bibliography:
Ecker A. and Korzakova H. 2014. "Greek inscribed pottery" in: I. Stern (ed.) The Excavations of Maresha: Subterranean Complex 57: The 'Heliodorus' Cave. BAR (IS) 2652: 95- 101, Fig. 9. 3.
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