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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: 9.9 cm
Wide: 7.5 cm
Description: To Eliashib: And now, give the Kittiyim 2 baths of wine for four dyas, and 300 (loaves of) bread. And a full homer of wine, bring tomorrow; don't be late. And if there is vinager, give it to them". 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, 15-16, No. 2.
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