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Location

MGER0099

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

Transcription

וע דר ואנתתה

Translation

...]w‛[......]○d/r and his wife [...

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The second line contains a slight anomaly: the use of the word ואנתתה "and his wife", instead of the more usual ועל אנתתה "and for his wife" (the same formulation appears in mger0006, mger0095).

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 53.0 cm; W: 28.0 cm; D: 29.5 cm

Date

400 BCE to 100 BCE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • traces of red paint in the letters

  • rough-pointed 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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