Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Mger 0387

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)

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry Adding Pleiades IDs to origin/placenames adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value. Rerunning segmentation process with updated workflow

זכ אלה

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A possible restoration could be 'for good remembrance before God in this place.' If so, then this is an example of the usual dedicatory inscription, but in Hebrew language and the Neo-Hebrew script; this would not be the only such inscription found on Mt. Gerizim. Such instances demonstrate the Neo-Hebrew script was used by the priests, sometimes also for nonpriestly purposes

זכ אלה

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