 IAA Number: 2015-201
 | Object's Name: Ostracon Aramaic, Personal/Divine Name
Period: Persian-Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 4.8 cm
Wide: 3.3 cm
Description: Reading:
1. ק]וסבנה
2. קוסנתן
1. Q]WSBNH...]
2. QWSTNT
Both names are Edomite.
The ostracon is dated from the 4th to the 2nd centuries BCE.
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. 31.
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