Mt Zion Excavation
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Jim
Jul 7, 2009, 9:59:36 AM7/7/09
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Lots of activity at the Mt.Zion Excavation in Israel. James Tabor
sent the latest report with a list of the discoveries that have been
made so far this season. Of special interest is:
"A stone vessel with an ancient inscription of ten lines written in an
archaic Jewish script. Such stone vessels were used in connection with
maintaining ritual purity related to Temple worship, and they are
found in abundance in areas where the priests lived. We have found a
dozen or more on our site over the past three years. However, to have
ten lines of text is unprecedented. One normally might find a single
name inscribed, or a line or two, but this is the first text of this
length ever found on such a vessel."
Read the complete report at --
http://jamestabor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mtzionjulyupdate.pdf
sent the latest report with a list of the discoveries that have been
made so far this season. Of special interest is:
"A stone vessel with an ancient inscription of ten lines written in an
archaic Jewish script. Such stone vessels were used in connection with
maintaining ritual purity related to Temple worship, and they are
found in abundance in areas where the priests lived. We have found a
dozen or more on our site over the past three years. However, to have
ten lines of text is unprecedented. One normally might find a single
name inscribed, or a line or two, but this is the first text of this
length ever found on such a vessel."
Read the complete report at --
http://jamestabor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mtzionjulyupdate.pdf
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