 Description: Drawing of a steliform rock panel near a mine entrance showing Proto-Sinaitic inscription, No. 349. Era: Early Semitic Script Image Credit: William Foxwell Albright Date of Inscription: c. 1500 BCE Location of Discovery: Sinai Penninsula Date of Discovery: Early 20th Century Current Location: ? Language: Unknown Semitic (Many Semitic words are common among many differnt tribes) Writing Surface: Stone Inscription: TBD Transliteration: TBD Translation: "Thou, O offerer, (or) chief miner, an offering prepare for Ba'alat, on behalf of Ahena- O offerer,- an offering of a wild ewe. On behalf of his son, [Elya]tu (?), give, O offerer, a wild ewe for [Ba'alat (?)]." Translation by William F. Albright Comments: |