Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Hero 0007

Herodion, 66-73 CE. Jar fragment, potsherd, ostrakon. Label (Ownership), Legal.

Potsherd Ostrakon

7 8.2

Inscribed in ink

 Great Revolt Era Judaea Herodion Southern Wing of the Fortress Peripheral Corridor

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry

שהד יעקב ברדן בשטר די

… witness, Jacob son of… deed of...

The aramaic word SHTAR, translated to deed, in the third line indicates the financial legal status of this shard though it is too fragmentary to reveal the nature of the inscribed deed.

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