Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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Location

MARE0031

Maresha, 400-101 BCE. Jar sherd. Label.
Transcription

אפלונס

Translation

Apollonius

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The ostrakon is dated to the third century according to paleaography. Same name appears on Mare 0032. The Greek name Ἀπολλώνιος was also used by jews (cf. e.g. Apollonios, son of Alexander, who was part of a Jewish delegation to Rome in 132 BCE). A variant orthography, אפלניס or אפלנס is documented in three papyri from Elephantine.

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 4.7 cm; W: 5.8 cm; D: —

Date

300 BCE to 201 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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