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                            <p>Maresha, Fifth century BCE to second century BCE. Potsherd.
                                Financial.</p>
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                <p>The reading of the bet is uncertain. The letter preceeds three signs: the first
                    two seem to indicate the number '20' each, while the third is the number '1'. This
                    line might be part of the date formula, sometimes found in the first line of such
                    inscriptions. If so, the only possible candidate for this year would be
                    Artaxerxes II, who reigned from 404 to 359/8 BCE: hence the ostrakon would refer
                    to 363 BCE. It is also possible that more units followed the number 41, in which
                    case more years should be added to the regnal year. Another probable explanation
                    is that the bet indicates something else, such as goods or products. In an
                    ostrakon published by Eph'al and Naveh, however, the bet "does not seem to stand
                    for a measure of unit".</p>
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