 IAA Number: 2015-126
 | Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Greek
Period: Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 5.2 cm
Wide: 3 cm
Description: Translation:
Payment of 8 (drachmae?) to Kosiada
(?) A promissory note
The name Kosiada- contain the Idumaean theophoric element QWS. One of
the common names in Maresha.
By the end of the 3rd century to the beginning of the 2rd century BCE
Greek seems to have been in common use among the inhabitants of
Maresha. Both offical and private business was carried in the Greek
language.
Bibliography: Ecker A. and Korzakova H. 2014. "Greek inscribed pottery" in: I. Stern (ed.) The Excavations of Maresha: Subterranean Complex 57: The 'Heliodorus' Cave. BAR (IS) 2652: 95- 101, Fig. 9. 2.
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