Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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Location

MARE0016

Maresha, 400-101 BCE. Potsherd. Label.
Transcription

רמתא ב לאדר

Translation

The height / Ramta [...]On the 10th of Adar [...]

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The word רמתא in the first line may be a (common) toponym or can likewise be derived from the noun רמה, "hill, height": eitherway, it might specify the origin of the grain. Since the second line is incomplete, we cannot know whether the reference is to the First or Second Adar. The mention of a place of origin and the date may hint to the fact that the ostrakon was part of a docket.

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 3.2 cm; W: 3.7 cm; D: —

Date

400 BCE to 101 BCE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

No figures described.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Eshel, Esther. “Iron Age, Phoenician and Aramaic Inscriptions.” In The Excavations of Maresha Subterranean Complex 57: The “Heliodorus” Cave, 77–94. BAR International Series 2652. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2014.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Eshel, Esther. “Iron Age, Phoenician and Aramaic Inscriptions.” In The Excavations of Maresha Subterranean Complex 57: The “Heliodorus” Cave, 77–94. BAR International Series 2652. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2014.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Eshel, Esther. “Iron Age, Phoenician and Aramaic Inscriptions.” In The Excavations of Maresha Subterranean Complex 57: The “Heliodorus” Cave, 77–94. BAR International Series 2652. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2014.
    Zotero
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