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‘Atiqot 93 (2018)
ISBN 2948-040X
Five Incised Stone Slabs from Maresha
(pp. 45–60)
Yael Young
Keywords: Judean Shephelah, graffito art, iconography
A group of five fragmentary stone slabs, each bearing incised or engraved figures, was unearthed within Subterranean Complex 57 at Maresha in the Judean Shephelah. The incisions belong to two categories based on their composition: arbitrary (i.e., graffito art) or planned. It is difficult to attribute graffito-art to a specific period on stylistic grounds alone; however, based on comparisons with graffito art previously documented at the site and its vicinity, the slabs probably date to the Hellenistic period (third or second centuries BCE).