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Description: This painted piece of pottery is dated to between 1000 and 400 BCE. The writing is incomplete but the letters resemble the Hebrew word hayah meaning to be/exist.
Era: Middle Semitic Script
Image Credit: Ben Fogle
Date of Inscription: 1000 to 400 BCE
Location of Discovery: Tell Heshbon, Jordan
Date of Discovery: ?
Current Location: ?
Language: Hebrew
Writing Surface: Pottery
Transliteration: ?HHY?
Translation: TBD
Comments: Because only a portion of the inscription can be read a proper translation cannot be made.
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