Ostracon
87-9-138
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Jordan | Baq'ah Valley | Khirbet Umm ad-Dananir
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 87-9-138 |
| Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
| Provenience | Jordan | Baq'ah Valley | Khirbet Umm ad-Dananir |
| Archaeology Area | Basket V.6/3.32 |
| Period | Iron Age IIC |
| Date Made | 701-586 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Inscribed sherd reading shin mem ain = "to hear"; perhaps preceded by ain. Inscription is incomplete and reads shema. Probably part of a personal name, this ostracon preserves the semitic word meaning "to hear". |
| Height | 0.9 cm |
| Length | 5.5 cm |
| Width | 3.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Baq'ah Valley (Jordan) Project, Patrick McGovern, 1987 |
| Other Number | Object #104 - Other Number |
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