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Reference: HW3 / Cat. No.
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Period:
Hellenistic
Origin:
Palestine
Date:
250 – 100 BC
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Description:
Manufacture:
Wheel made.
Size (cm):
L. 8.6 (extant), W. 5.0, H. 4.0
Condition:
Much of body missing.
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Notes:
Cf. Adler, 33-5; Rosenthal & Sivan, 322; Israeli & Avida, 11.
Comments:
This example of a common regional type was found at Tel Maresha in Judaea, a settlement known as Marissa and inhabited by Idumeans, Sidonians and Greeks in the Hellenistic period. The settlement was conquered by John Hyrcanus I in c.113 BC and finally destroyed by the Parthians in 40 BC.
Probably from domestic debris discarded in basement caves during the conquest of the 2nd century BC.
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