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MGER0059

Mt. Gerizim, probably 200-100 BCE, maybe 400-300 BCE. Block. Dedicatory.
Transcription

חניה על נפשה א Ɐ

Translation

...] Honya[h...... for him]self [... ’ Ɐ

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
For the name חניה (Honya) see Mger0058. The leftmost sign on this line appears to be a mason's mark. Marking by means of two letters for purposes other than as mason's marks is known from Masada, where potsherds were found with pairs of letters belonging to different alphabets, for example, a Hebrew letter and a Greek letter, or a Hebrew letter and a Jewish letter. Naveh called them "seals" and conjectured that they w ere used as a kind of food stamp.

Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 50 cm; W: 28 cm; D: 34 cm

Date

400 BCE to 100 BCE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • marginal drafting 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. insc 00.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Magen, Yitzhak, Haggai Misgav, and Levana Tsfania. Mount Gerizim Excavations. Vol. 1. 2 vols. Jerusalem: Judea & Samaria Publications, 2004. insc 00.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Magen, Yitzhak, Haggai Misgav, and Levana Tsfania. Mount Gerizim Excavations. Vol. 1. 2 vols. Jerusalem: Judea & Samaria Publications, 2004. insc 00.
    Zotero
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