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About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Aramaic
Period: Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 11 cm
Wide: 14 cm
Description: A marriage contract, copied on the inner surface of a jug. It bears a date indicating that it was written in 176 BCE.
Bibliography:
Eshel E 2010. Inscriptions in Hebrew, Aramaic and Phoenician script. In: A. Kloner et al. Maresha excavations final report III, Epigraphic finds from the 1989-2000 seasons.. IAAR 45: 35-88, Cat. No. 66.

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Ostracon Inscribed  
Photographer :Yolovitch Yael




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