Negev, June 26, 336 BCE. Ostrakon. Receipt.
Body sherd of Persian-period jar, medium-sized, irregularly shaped, exterior light brown, interior and ware reddish-brown, few white and black grits. Patina covers ca. 20% of sherd surface.
Writing on exterior, on convex smooth surface, written lines parallel to wheel-marks.
Taxonomies for IIP controlled values
ב
צביחו ויתיעו
On the 20th of Sivan, year 2,
Habutu son of Uzayzu:
b(arley)/w(heat),
s(eahs), 27, by the hand of
Subayhu and Yuthayu.
It is uncertain whether the first word in the third line refers to "barley" or to "wheat".