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: 8.3 cm
Wide: 5.1 cm
Description: "To Eliashib: And now, give the Kittiyim 3 baths of wine, and write the name of the day. And from the rest of the first flour, send one homer of flour in order to make bread for them. Give them the wine from the aganoth vessels". 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, 11-14, No. 1.





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