5385. Kuntillet Ajrud inscription, Hebrew language text written in phoenician script, black ink on plaster. Kuntillet Ajrud located in northeastern Sinai could have been an Iron age caravansery, c. 9-8th. C. BC

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542. BOWL DATING FROM 8TH. C. BC. INSCRIBED ‘YOUR BROTHER’ IN ANCIENT HEBREW. IT IS PRESUMED THAT THIS BOWL SERVED FOR COLLECTING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE POOR.

5459. Stone ossuary dating from the !st. C. AD found in a family burial cave in Jerusalem. A Hebrew inscription reading: “Jacob son of Joseph brother of Jesus” is engraved on the side of the ossuary. Many archeologists claim this inscription to be a fake.

5463. Fragment of a sarcophagus lid inscribed in Hebrew “son of the High Priest” (ben haCohen haGadol). Dating of this find is the Second Temple, C.First C. AD. The fragment was found north of Jerusalem on a building site. inscription ossuary sarcophagus

5471. El Amarna letter (WAA 29791). Cuneiform tablet from Tushratta king of Mitanni dating c. 1350 BC. The letter was sent by the King Tushratta to Pharaoh Amenhotep and deals with marriage agreements between Tushratta’s daughter and the Pharaoh.

5485. Hebrew ostracon from Hirbet Qeiyfa (south of Jerusalem). The ostraca is dated between 1,000 and 975 B.C., at the time of King David’s rule in Jerusalem. It is the oldest Hebrew inscription ever found. The text is a social statement, relating to slaves, widows and orphans which proves that some of the Biblical texts […]

550. A HEBREW BILL OF TRADE WRITTEN ON PAPYRUS, DATING FROM THE BAR-KOHBA PERIOD (132-135 AD.) FOUND IN A CAVE IN WADI HEVER, NEAR THE DEAD SEA. THE DOCUMENT DEALS WITH LAND PURCHASE

5503. PART OF THE ISAIAH SCROLL, THE LONGEST AND OLDEST (C. 100 B.C.) OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS FOUND IN QUMRAN.

5549. Fragment of a clay tablet dating 14th. C. BC found in the excavations of the City of David in Jerusalem. It is an Akkadian cuniform inscription, the oldest inscription found in Jerusalem.

5592. Clay brick inscribed with the name of king Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylon dating c. 604-561 BC building

“5601. Quniform medical tablet from Ninveh dating c. 650 BC. The text contains ointments and treatments mostly for sick infants. “

5606. Early Sumerian, c. 3300-3100 BC tablet. The text deals with rations of beer for the workers

5609. Quniform tablet dating 14th. C. BC from El-Amarna, Egypt.The text is a message from Labayu Ruler of Schem and leader of Hapiru to the Pharaoh claiming his loyalty

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