Queries and responses for lot #33-290
($300-350 estimated, $550 realized)

1. The ostracon is difficult to read and partly blurred at the begining of the lines.
   A preliminary proposed of the reading is:
   1. B XX III III III LSYWN ShNT II
   2. ?-T-W BR MRTs‘T Sh S XX
   3. III III Q III II P ‘L YD ???
   4.??????
   1. On the 29th of Siwan, year 2,
   2. ? son of Martse’at: b(arley) s(eah) 26
   3. q(ab) 5, (and) h(alf), by the intermediary of ....
   4.....
   The name of the month is uncertain; the name MRts’T is already known in these ostraca. The end of the ostracon is unclear.

   Robert Deutsch, Sun 26 Sep 2004, 08:25 AM

2. The Israeli Antiquity Authority regulation prohibits the export of this item

   Robert Deutsch, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 11:21 AM

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