Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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 Mger 0382

Mt. Gerizim, probably 200-100 BCE, maybe 400-200 BCE. Stone Block. Dedicatory.

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fine comb dressing inscribed face

probably 200-100 BCE, maybe 400-200 BCE Samaria Mount Gerizim Area S between the east wall of the church enclosure and the east wall of the sacred precinct, south of the east gate (L.22)

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ז כהנ כהנים ר בח

...]z○ [......] priest[...... p]riests [......]r bḥ[...

The priestly origin of the inscription is indicated by its Neo-Hebrew script and by its explicit mention of priests in the text. The text does not seem to follow the usual dedicatory formulae used in the Mt. Gerizim inscriptions. The style of dressing the carefull alignment of the lines of script teach that the stones with Neo-Hebrew script probably originated in the internal part of the precinct the Rampart (Hel), and were not the usual kind of dedicatory inscription. These Neo-Hebrew inscriptions were possibly prayers or blessings that were inscribed on the temple walls.

ז כהנ כהנים ר בח

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