 IAA Number: 1967-631
 | Object's Name: Ostracon Hebrew
Period: Iron II
Material: Pottery
Site: `Arad, T.
Lenght: 14.6 cm
Wide: 9.5 cm
Description: "Your son Gemar[yahu] and Nehemyahu gre[et] Malkiyahu; I have blessed
[you to the Lor]d, and now: Your servant has listened to what [you]
have said, and I [have written] to my lord [everything that] the man
[wa]nted [and Eshiyahu ca]me from you, and [no] one [gave it to]
them. And behold you knew [about the letters from] Edom (that) I gave
to [my] lord [before sun]set. And [E]shi[yah]u slept [at my house],
and he asked for the letter, [but I didn't gi]ve (it). The King of
Judah should know [that w]e cannot send the [...., and th]is is the
evil that Edo[m has done]."
The ostracon is part of the archive of Eliashib son of Eshiyau, the
commander of the Judean fortress at Arad.
Bibliography: Aharoni, Y. 1981. Arad Inscriptions. Jerusalem, 70-74, No. 40.
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