Tell Assara no. TY85.55
Inciced Jar Handle Label
Metadata
- Genres
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- Vessel Label
- Incised
- Incised handle
- Transjordan | Transjordan Region
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Excavation
- Created by
- James D. Moore
- Material
- clay | vessel (or pot fragment/sherd)
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- Date (Composition)
- Gregorian -550 to -332 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE, 4th cent. BCE]
- References
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- Kautonen, Saimi et al. 2024.
- Lorenzon, Marta et al. 2023. pp. 22–23.
Kautonen, Saimi, Jonathan Valk, Joanna Töyräänvuori, Samuel Reinikainen, and Marta Lorenzon. “A New Inscribed Aramaic Potsherd from Tell Al-Assara, Jordan.” Levant 56, no. 2 (May 3, 2024): 229–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2024.2331386.
Lorenzon, Marta, Antti Lahelma, Maher Tarboush, Elisabeth Holmqvist, Dries Daems, Saimi Kautonen, Joanna Töyräänvuori, et al. “Tell It Like It Is: Discoveries from a New Survey of the Northern Jordanian Plateau.” Near Eastern Archaeology 86, no. 1 (March 2023): 16–27. https://doi.org/10.1086/723459.
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Textual Notes
The published edition has sorely misread the label. The 2024 update still misreads the label but makes better sense. Both attempts misunderstand the paleography of Achaemenid Imperial Aramaic as well as the function and diction of administrative language.
Noteworthy, this label is incised and uses letter forms that are more frequently found in Achaemenid Anatolia than in the Levant or Transjordan. Compare Tell Nimrin, Tell Bleibel, Tell Mazar.
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James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore
James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore
Under the authority of Šezibˀel.
Moore, James D.. 'Tell Assara no. TY85.55.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/15306. Accessed: 19 Jan, 2026.