Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow Brown University Mare 0181

Maresha, Hellenistic Period. Ostrakon. Other Text.

Likely an official document

8 7.5

10 lines on the exterior, 8 lines on the interior (perhaps second hand)

Black ink

 Hellenistic Period Judaea Maresha

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry Edited adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value.

καιοφιλουεπιφανου ο δοιεπι δω τ ε κ ζ α νεθγ φηι επι ωετου γκα α η θ χρισ η

κύρρ´ιοι απτιου πδ κορτωι θοτυχουδικαιοφιλου θωθορτωιπροτου οδο ιδων και οι ιθ

δικαιοφίου Ἐπιφάνους ο δοι ἐπὶ δω τ ε κ ζ α νεθγ φηι επιω ἔτους γκα α η θ χρισ η

κύριοι απτιου πδκορτωι θοτυχουδικαιοφίλου θωθορτωιπροτου οδο ιδων καὶ οι ιθ

(exterior) Justice-loving Epiphanes (?) who... the year...

(interior) Sirs... of justice-loving.. the first... and...

The text is barely readable, but it seems to be an official document or a letter, because it probably had a date (line 7 on the exterior) and an invocation (line 1 on the interior). It could also be two separate documents written on each side of the sherd.

δικαιοφίου Ἐπιφάνους ο δοι ἐπὶ δω τ ε κ ζ α νεθγ φηι επι ω ἔτους γκα α η θ χρισ η

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