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2022, Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
A fragmentary ostracon, inscribed in Egyptian hieratic and found by the Austrian team during renewed excavations at Lachish, can safely be dated to the early (pre-Amarna) 18th dynasty. Albeit difficult to read, it seems to preserve part of a list with apparently Canaanite names and allocated provisions, in a structured layout. This differs notably from the later (Ramesside) hieratic inscriptions from Lachish and provides important evidence for early scribal practice and Egyptian involvement at the site in the 15th century BC.
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An alphabetic inscription written on a broken sherd was recently found in Lachish and published by the excavation team (Höflmayer et al. 2021). My objective here is to offer additional paleographic observations in the hope of advancing analysis and creating a dialogue around this important find. The history of the early alphabet is too lively a discussion to be left to the slow-motion of journal publication. A detailed article will follow this blog in the peer-reviewed journal Egypt and the Levant. https://sites.google.com/view/orlygoldwasser/blog
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The recently published 12th century B.C.E. jar inscription from Lachish was described as "undecipherable." This article offers a plausible interpretation suggesting a mixed inscription using linear alphabetic and an adaptation of the hieratic Egyptian accounting tradition. The inscription thus would stand at a transition point-namely, when linear alphabetic was beginning to be used administratively and when the Egyptian hieratic tradition was being adopted by alphabetic scribes.
Andrews University Seminary Studies
The Aramaic Ostracon from Lachish: A New Reading and Interpretation1995 •
In the course of my research of Aramaic epigraphical material of SyriaPalestine during the Persian period, I noted the Aramaic ostracon unearthed during the 1932-1938 Wellcome-Marston excavations at the site of Tell edDuweir? under the leadership of the late J. L. Starkey. The ostracon was published in 1953 by 0 . Tufnell, who described it as "illegible."' Thus, the temptation was strong to pass over the inscription and concentrate on other material with published readings. But after studying the Arad Aramaic material from the Persian period, I noticed several sidarities and undertook a reading of some words and phrases. Because of the fragmentary nature of the ostracon only some words could be read, but these proved worthy of consideration. The following study consists of the general information and drawing of the ostracon, a paleographical analysis, and a word-by-word discussion of the evidence, followed by a conclusion which seeks to link epigraphical and historical...
The article presents a 12th-century b.c. alphabetic inscription unearthed at Lachish, Israel, during the 2014 excavation season.
"From Iconic to Linear –The Egyptian Scribes of Lachish and the Modification of the Early Alphabet in the Late Bronze Age." In: Alphabets, Texts and Artefacts in the Ancient Near East, Studies presented to Benjamin Sass, eds. I. Finkelstein, C. Robin and T. Römer. Paris: Van Dieren.
Claus Jurman et al., Hrsg., A True Scribe of Abydos. Essays on First Millennium Egypt in Honour of Anthony Leahy, OLA 265, Leuven etc. 2017, 491-503
An abnormal hieratic letter from Dakhleh Oasis (ostracon Amheida 16003)Loading Preview
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L. Di Segni, Y. Hirschfeld, J. Patrich and R. Talgam eds., Man near a Roman Arch. Studies Presented to Prof. Yoram Tsafrir, Jerusalem
More Early Christian Inscribed Tombstones from el-Huweinat in Northern Sinai, with U. Dahari2009 •
Series:Materiale Textkulturen 27
Looking at the Material: One Hundred Years of Studying Ostraca from Egypt, in Antike Texte und ihre Materialität Alltägliche Präsenz, mediale Semantik, literarische Reflexion Ed. by Ritter-Schmalz, Cornelia / Schwitter, Raphael2019 •
Bulletin of the American Schools of Overseas Research
Silverberg, Noam, Yosef Garfinkel, Michael G. Hasel, and Name Yahalom-Mack, A Middle Bronze Age Assemblage of Bone Inlays from Lachish: Typological, Technological, and Functional Aspects2022 •
Journal of Archaeological Studies
(Deciphering an Sassanian’s Ostracon Found from Teppe Hegmataneh, Hamedan, Iran)قرائت خط خرده¬سفال کتیبه¬دار تپه هگمتانه2020 •
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The Journal of Aegyptian Archaeology 86
Inscribed Blocks from Tomb Chapels at Hawara2000 •
American Journal of Archaeology
The Canaanite and Judean Cities of Lachish, Israel: Preliminary Report of the Fourth Expedition, 2013–20172021 •
Anth.446/646: Explorers, Mummies, Hieroglyphs (introductory course at UAB, by G. Mumford; 2014)
Anth.446 Study aid/summary for Test-1, chps.1-6 and lectures 1-7, in Anth.446/646: Explorers, Mummies, Hieroglyphs (by G. Mumford; 2014 Anth.446/646; 3,152 words)2014 •
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AEGYPTEN UND LEVANTE Internationale Zeitschrift f�r �gyptische Arch�ologie und deren Nachbargebiete / EGYPT AND THE LEVANT International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines
An Incised Hieratic Inscription from Tell es-Safi, Israel2004 •