Negev, April 9, 358 BCE. Ostrakon. Receipt.
Body sherd of Iron Age or Persian-period jar, medium-sized, roughly parallelogram-shaped, exterior pinkish-gray, many white grits. Two fresh exterior breaks.
Writing on exterior, on slightly convex, smooth surface, written lines parallel to straight upper edge and at ca. 20 degrees to wheel-marks.
Taxonomies for IIP controlled values
ב
שנת
מלכא הנעל
ע
קוסקם
מן משח ס
On the 28th of Adar,
year 46 (of) Arta[xerxes]
the King, Uzayzu [son]
of
Qosqam brought in: from the oil of Mars[aat]:
from (the) oil, s(eah),
1; q(abs), 3.
In the translation, "brought in" is from the third line in the Aramaic. The last half of "Mars[aat]" is uncertain. The second section is a continuation of the first.