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Middle Semitic Script



AHRC ID#: 21
Date of Writing: 66-70 CE
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Language: Hebrew
Writing Surface: Silver Coin
Transliteration: Left Side Rim: ShQL YShRAL
Left Side Center: ShB
Left Side Picture: Chalice
Right Side Rim: YRWShLYM HQDShH
Right Side Picture: Pomegranates
Translation: Left Side Rim: Shekel of Israel
Left Side Center: Year 2
Left Side Picture: Chalice
Right Side Rim: Jerusalem the Holy
Right Side Picture: Pomegranates
Comments: While most inscriptions from this period are in the Late Semitic Script, these coins show that the "paleo" or "Middle Semitic Script" was still in use.


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