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BLOY0002

Beth Loya, 6th century BCE. Burial Inscription.

Transcription

המוריה אתה חננת נוה יה יהוה

Translation

The (Mount of) Moriah Thou hast favoured, the dwelling of Yah, Yahveh.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
This inscription "is harder to read" than bloy0001 "because the incisions are not as deep... the script is also more careless" and because of the lines in the lines in the right corner.

Languages

Hebrew

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

599 BCE to 500 BCE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • diagonal scratches overlapping with the right part of the inscription

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Naveh, J. “Old Hebrew Inscriptions in a Burial Cave.” Israel Exploration Journal 13, no. 2 (1963): 74–92. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27924927.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Naveh, J. “Old Hebrew Inscriptions in a Burial Cave.” Israel Exploration Journal 13, no. 2 (1963): 74–92. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27924927.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Naveh, J. “Old Hebrew Inscriptions in a Burial Cave.” Israel Exploration Journal 13, no. 2 (1963): 74–92. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27924927.
    Zotero

Other sources

  • Naveh, J. “Old Hebrew Inscriptions in a Burial Cave.” Israel Exploration Journal 13, no. 2 (1963): 74–92. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27924927.
    Zotero
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," BLOY0002, 11 July 2026. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89