 IAA Number: 2015-165
 | Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Aramaic
Period: Persian-Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 6.6 cm
Wide: 3.7 cm
Description: The ostracon dated from the 4th to the 2nd century BCE.
Translation:
1. ABD', barley: 2 seah [...]
This ostracom is probably part of a docket indicating the paid taxes
as a Nabatean personal name (ABD") and an amount of barley (2 seah)
are mentioned. It might also included the date of the delivery.
Bibliography: Eshel E. 2014. "Iron age, Phoenician and Aramaic Inscriptions" in: I. Stern (ed.) The Excavations of Maresha: Subterranean Complex 57: The 'Heliodorus' Cave. BAR (IS) 2652: 77- 94, Fig. 8.6.
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