AHRC - Ancient Semitic Inscriptions

Late Semitic Script

AHRC ID#:	02
Date of Writing:	c. 100 BCE
Location of Discovery:	Dead Sea Caves, Israel
Date of Discovery:	c. 1950 CE
Current Location:
Language:	Hebrew
Writing Surface:	Leather
Transliteration:
Translation:
Comments:	While the text is written in a late Semitic script, the second word from the right on the bottom line is the Tetragrammaton (YHVH/Yahweh - the name of God) written in middle Semitic script. This was commonly done in order to preserve the more ancient form of the name. For a similar occurence in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible see #22.

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