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Ceramic Shard

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By Jeff A. Benner


Description: The inscription is written in the middle Semitic script. The two words read ALWT and WLT, names similar to the Biblical name Goliath.

Era: Middle Semitic Script

Image Credit: Unknown

Date of Inscription: 900 to 1000 BCE

Location of Discovery: Tell es-Safi, Southern Israel (Ancient Gath of the Philistines)

Date of Discovery: November, 2005

Current Location: ?

Language: Philistine

Writing Surface: Ceramic Shard

Transliteration: TBD

Translation: TBD

Comments: The two words read ALWT and WLT, two names that are similar to the Biblical name Goliath.