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: 6.6 cm
Wide: 4.2 cm
Description: "To my lord Eliashib, May the Lord seek your welfare, and now: Give to Shemaryahu a lethech (?), and to the Kerosi give a homer (?), and as to the matter wich you commanded me - it is well; he is in the house of God". This ostracon is part of the archive of Eliashib of Eshiyahu, the commander of the Judean fortress at Arad.
Bibliography:
Aharoni, Y. 1981. Arad Inscriptions. Jerusalem, 35-38, No. 18.
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