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Description:
Archeologists working in Jerusalem discovered what they say is a 2700 year-old pottery fragment with an ancient hebrew inscription containing the name of a biblical figure.
Era:
Middle Semitic Script
Image Credit:
Israel Antiquities Authority
Date of Inscription:
8th Century BCE
Location of Discovery:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date of Discovery:
2014
Current Location:
?
Language:
Hebrew
Writing Surface:
Ceramic Bowl
Transliteration:
RYHW BN BNH
Translation:
[]riah son of Beniah
Comments:
The text fragment on the shard is similar to the name Zechariah son of Benaiah, the father of the prophet Jahaziel, whose name appears in 2 Chron 20:14.
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