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Middle Semitic Script



AHRC ID#: 31
Date of Writing: 900 to 1000 BCE
Location Discovered: Tell es-Safi, Southern Israel (Ancient Gath of the Philistines)
Date of Discovery: November 2005
Current Location: ?
Language: Philistine
Writing Surface: Ceramic Shard
Comments: The inscription is written in the middle Semitic script. The two words read ALWT and WLT, names similar to the Biblical name Goliath.

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