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Negev, July 21, 315 BCE. Ceramic Vessel. Commodity chit.
Body sherd of Persian-period jar, exterior light grey, interior light red.
writing on exterior on slightly convex surface, written lines parallel to wheel marks.
Taxonomies for IIP controlled values
ב
אלכסנדר מלכא
קוסמלך
בר כוסחנן מן ערבת
On the 8th of Tammuz, year 2
Alexander the king, Qosmalak
son of
Qosḥanan, from the Steppe of
Zam(mu)ru/Nam(i)ru
b(arley), s(eahs), 6, to
the hand of Ammu: 2.
Only one other inscription shows Qosmalak with a patronym (A11.8, Idum 0424).