Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem archaeologists are excited by a new find that is believed to be the earliest written text that has ever been discovered in this ancient city.
The inscription is engraved on a ceramic jar called a pithos found near the holy site that Jews call the Temple Mount.
“This is thrilling and amazing– it dates to 3,000 years ago to the time of King David and King Solomon,” Eilat Mazar, the archaeologist who made the find told The Media Line. “We expected to find Hebrew and it’s not Hebrew.”
It is about 250 years older than any other inscriptions found in Jerusalem to date, she said.
Intrigued, Mazar showed the find to Professor Shmuel Ahituv of Ben Gurion University, a specialist in early languages.
He said there is not a lot of material from this time period. The script is called proto-Canaanite and dates from earlier than either the Phoenicians or the Hebrew from the First Temple Period, which ended in 586 BCE (typically written as BC).
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‘earliest written text ever found’, or ‘earliest written text that has ever been discovered in this ancient city’?
Major difference!
How fascinating.
Please elaborate on the time period
and what exactly is proto-Canaanite script.
Check your Navi again. The Yevusi, who were Canaanites, controlled Yerushalayim when David became King. David captured the city from them.
According to them – who even says King david ever existed??
If they DO believe in NA”CH than they should read that the same NA”CH that speaks about king david writes that all the Cnaanim were eliminated way before “King David” and are not mentioned even once as his “scribes”.
King David would never have needed or used Canaanites in his govt. Anyway, the Jews.killed them all in the conquest of the land. That piece of pottery could have been a present to the Jews from a nearby country, bought from them, or taken in war.
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The archeologists interpret their findings to fit their view of Jewish history, not necessarily in consonance with Torah.
They found a stone. Looks like a bean. Tested it to be 5,000 years old. Proclaimed proof that cholent is the oldest Jewish dish, even predating the Jews (but not the Hebrews.)
Nobel prize material here.