Abstract
In an archaeological excavation conducted in 2016 on the northern slope of Tel Lachish, the triangular lower-right corner of a Hebrew ostracon was found. It was assigned to Level II, which was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. Despite the very faded condition of the inscription, the following phrase can be cautiously reconstructed for its bottom line: “On the 1[6?] (day of the month) Shapan [son (of)].” This phrase probably summarizes or closes an administrative document.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 41-50 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology |
| Volume | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2025 |
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Keywords
- Iron Age
- epigraphy
- hieratic
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