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Tell Zayit Abcedery

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By Jeff A. Benner


Description: This inscription, carved on a boulder, was discovered at the Tel Zayit archeological dig south of Jerusalem. The inscription is dated to the 10th Century CE and is the ABCs of the Hebrew alphabet.

Era: Middle Semitic Script

Image Credit: Unknown

Date of Inscription: 900 BCE

Location of Discovery: Tel Zayit, Israel

Date of Discovery: July, 2005

Current Location: Tel Zayit, Israel

Language: Hebrew

Writing Surface: Limestone boulder

Transliteration: TBD

Translation: TBD

Comments: This inscription is an abecedery, the sequence of the letters in the Hebrew Alphabet.