AHRC - Ancient Semitic Inscriptions

Middle Semitic Script

AHRC ID#:	10
Date of Writing:	c. 900 BCE
Location of Discovery:	Tell El-Jazari (Ancient Gezer), Israel
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Language:	Hebrew
Writing Surface:	Limestone
Transliteration:	1. YRHhW ASP YRHhW Z(RGh) 2. RGh YRHhW LQSh 3. YRHh GhTsD PShT 4. YRHh QTsR ShGhRM 5. YRHh QTsR WKL 6. YRHhW ZMR 7. YRHh QTs 8. ABYH (lower left corner, top to bottom - signature)
Translation:	1. Two months are harvest Two months are planting 2. Two months are late (planting) 3. One month is hoeing flax 4. One month is barley-harvest 5. One month is harvest and feasting 6. Two months are pruning 7. One month is summer fruit 8. Abiyahu (Translation by Jeff A. Benner)
Comments:	Known as the Gezer Calender, each line identifies the crops of the months (Yerach/YRHh - moon).

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