The Lachish jar sherd: an early alphabetic inscription discovered in 2014

Benjamin Sass, Yosef Garfinkel, Michael G. Hasel, Martin G. Klingbeil

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Abstract

The article presents a 12th-century b.c. alphabetic inscription unearthed at Lachish, Israel, during the 2014 excavation season.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)233-245
Number of pages13
JournalBulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
Volume374
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2015

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Keywords

  • Alphabet
  • Lachish
  • Late bronze age
  • Proto-Canaanite
  • Proto-sinaitic
  • West semitic palaeography

RAMBI Publications

  • Rambi Publications
  • Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Shephelah
  • Pottery, Ancient -- Eretz Israel
  • Inscriptions, Semitic -- History
  • Proto-Canaanite script
  • Lakhish (Israel) -- Antiquities

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