ostracon
- Museum number
- 125702
- Description
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Lachish Ostracon II (Lachish Letter II): pottery ostracon with Hebrew inscription (body fragment of wheel-made storage jar?); pink brown fabric with some grits; greenish buff surface on exterior.
- Dimensions
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Length: 9 centimetres
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Thickness: 0.40 centimetres
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Width: 9.90 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For discussion including transliteration and translation see L.I pp.37-43. For further details of locus see L.I pp.11-13 and L.III text pp.97, 129.
Additional bibliographic references: Torczyner, The Lachish Letters I, P.36-43 (Letter II); Michaud, Syria XXXIV, p.42; Lachish III, p.332; Albright ANET, p.322; BMQ XXXVII, p.87; Barnett, IOTH, fig.39; Mitchell, BBM, no.41.
- Location
- On display (G57/dc10)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
Exhibition: Dept of Oriental Printed Books & Manuscripts, 1966 (according to WAA Transfers book, entry dated 4/7/66; returned 29/9/66).
- Condition
- partly repaired, ink faded in places.
- Acquisition date
- 1959
- Acquisition notes
- Previously on loan from Wellcome Trustees since 1937.
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 125702
- Registration number
- 1959,0711.2
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: FN.4023
