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Legal Ostraca from Herodium.

This article marks the first publication of two small fragments of legal documents on sherds found at Herodium with estimated dating to the period of the Great Revolt. Lacking a precise date, we surmise that these original sherds could have been brought to the site by refugees from the revolt, in a...

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Published in:Scripta Classica Israelica Vol. 42; pp. 53 - 66
Main Authors: Eshel, Esther, Misgav, Haggai, Porat, Roi
Format: Article
Published: Israeli Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies 2023
Subjects:
Legal documents
Refugees
Archaeology
Archaeological site location
Historical source material
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:This article marks the first publication of two small fragments of legal documents on sherds found at Herodium with estimated dating to the period of the Great Revolt. Lacking a precise date, we surmise that these original sherds could have been brought to the site by refugees from the revolt, in a similar fashion to the documents found at Muraba'at.