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Description:
This plaque was written in the first century AD to commemorate the re-burial of King Uzziah in Israel. It was found near the Mount of Olives in Israel.

Era:
Late Semitic Script

Image Credit:
Unknown

Date of Inscription:
c. 50 AD

Location of Discovery:
Mount of Olives near Jerusalem, Israel

Date of Discovery:
?

Current Location:
?

Language:
Aramaic

Writing Surface:
Stone Tablet

Transliteration:
1. LBH HTYT
2. ThBY AhWZYH
3. MLK YHWDH
4. WLA. LMTh?Hh

Translation:
1. to hear was brought
2. the bones of Uzziah
3. King of Judah
4. and do not open

Comments:
This plaque was written in the first century AD to commemorate the re-burial of King Uzziah in Israel.