National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Ostracon Hebrew
Period: Iron II
Material: Pottery
Site: `Arad, T.
Lenght: 8.4 cm
Wide: 6 cm
Description: "To Nahum (and) now: Go to the house of Eliashib son of Eshiyahu and take frim there 1 (jar of) oil, and send (it) to Ziph quickly, and seal it with your seal". The ostracon is part of the archive of Eliashib son of Eshiyahu, the commander of the Judean fortress at Arad.
Bibliography:
Aharoni, Y. 1981. Arad Inscriptions. Jerusalem, 32-33, No. 17.

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Ostracon Hebrew  
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