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McCarter, P. Kyle u.a. 2011a

   

Literaturid

2018

Werksart

Artikel

Kurztitel

McCarter, P. Kyle u.a. 2011a

Autor(en)

McCarter, P. Kyle / Bunimovitz, Shlomo / Lederman, Zvi

Titel

An Archaic Baʿl Inscription from Tel Beth-Shemesh

Sammelband

Reihe

Reihe kurz

Reihe Band

Zeitschrift

Tel Aviv

Zeitschrift Band

38

Ort

Jahr

2011

Seiten

179−193

Anmerkungen

Bet-schemesch

Abstract

Two adjoining fragments of a storage jar bearing an archaic alphabetic inscription were found during the renewed excavations at Tel Beth-Shemesh. Analysis indicates that, though found in separate contexts, the two sherds derived from a common source of predominately Late Bronze II and early Iron I materials. A date of 1150-1100 BCE for the provenance of the inscription is most likely. The inscription consists of six or seven alphabetic signs incised on the jar before firing. Though only the word or name element b>l is unequivocally recognizable, the original inscription seems to have included a statement of ownership and an indication of the contents of the vessel. A paleographical analysis of the letter signs shows the writing to be characteristic of the mid-12th century BCE or slightly earlier and a date of ca. 1150 BCE, in accordance with its archaeological context, is entirely plausible. The use of the divine name Ba>l may hint at the cultural background of the Iron Age I population of Beth-Shemesh.

 

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