 Description: Dated to about 1000 BCE and written in the Amonite language, another sister language to Hebrew. Era: Middle Semitic Script Image Credit: Bruce and Kenneth Zuckerman Date of Inscription: c. 1000 BCE Location of Discovery: Amman, Jordan (ancient Rabbath-Ammon) Date of Discovery: ? Current Location: ? Language: Amonite Writing Surface: Stone Transliteration: 1. [. . . Mi]lkom, he has constructed for you the precinct entrances [. . .] 2. [. . .]that all who threaten you shall surely die [. . .] 3. [. . .] I shall surely destroy, and all who enter [. . .] 4. [. . .] and amidst all its columns the just shall reside [. . .] 5. [. . .] there will hang from its doors an ornament[. . .] 6. [. . .] will be offered within its portico 7. [. . .]? ? ? 8. [. . .]peace to you and pe[ace . . .] (Translation by Fulco, William J., S.J. Translation: TBD Comments: |