A renewed reading of Hebrew ostraca from cave A-2 at ramat beit shemesh (Nahal Yarmut), based on multispectral imaging

Anat Mendel-Geberovich; Shira Faigenbaum-Golovin; Arie Shaus; Barak Sober; Michael Cordonsky; Eli Piasetzky; Israel Finkelstein; Ianir Milevski

doi:https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-00001370

A renewed reading of Hebrew ostraca from cave A-2 at ramat beit shemesh (Nahal Yarmut), based on multispectral imaging

Anat Mendel-Geberovich, Shira Faigenbaum-Golovin, Arie Shaus, Barak Sober, Michael Cordonsky, Eli Piasetzky, Israel Finkelstein, Ianir Milevski

Tel Aviv University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Abstract

Three Hebrew ostraca, found near Khirbet Zanu' (Horvat Zanoah) and published by Milevski and Naveh in 2005, were re-imaged using a high-end multispectral imaging technique. The re-imaging yielded dozens of changed or added characters and resulted in renewed, larger and improved readings, hereby published. In addition, we interpret the texts of the ostraca and place them in the context of the economy and administration of Judah in the seventh century BCE.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	682-701
Number of pages	20
Journal	Vetus Testamentum
Volume	69
Issue number	4-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-00001370
State	Published - 2019

Keywords

Egyptian
Hebrew
Hebrew epigraphy
Hieratic signs
Inscriptions
Iron Age
Lists
Multispectral imaging
Nahal Yarmut
Naḥal
Ostraka
Palestine -- Antiquities -- Ramat Bet Shemesh
Palestine -- Antiquities -- Yarmut
Ramat Beit Shemesh
Seventh century BCE

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Language and Linguistics
History
Religious studies
Linguistics and Language
Literature and Literary Theory

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