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Location

MGER0007A

Mt. Gerizim, probably 200-100 BCE, maybe 400-300 BCE. Stone Block. Dedication.

Transcription

אליהו בר מן יקמעמ

Translation

...]○ Eliyahu so[n of PN ....from Yoqme‘am [...

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Two possible readings of first line. For alternate reading, see mger0007b. The script of this inscription is rather poor: the letters slope in different directions and are not of uniform height.

Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 33.0 cm; W: 60.0 cm; D: 24.0 cm

Date

400 BCE to 100 BCE

Current location

Storerooms of the Archaeology Staff Officer: K23974

Figures

  • fine comb dressing inscribed face

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Magen, Yitzhak, Haggai Misgav, and Levana Tsfania. Mount Gerizim Excavations. Vol. 1. 2 vols. Jerusalem: Judea & Samaria Publications, 2004.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Magen, Yitzhak, Haggai Misgav, and Levana Tsfania. Mount Gerizim Excavations. Vol. 1. 2 vols. Jerusalem: Judea & Samaria Publications, 2004.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Magen, Yitzhak, Haggai Misgav, and Levana Tsfania. Mount Gerizim Excavations. Vol. 1. 2 vols. Jerusalem: Judea & Samaria Publications, 2004.
    Zotero
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