Archaeo-Material Study of the Cuneiform Tablet from Tel Beth-Shemesh
The Fifth Haverford excavation season at Tel Beth-Shemesh (Ain Shams) in 1933 revealed a fractured tablet bearing a cuneiform inscription dating to the Late Bronze Age. Considered to be the earliest alphabetic cuneiform text uncovered in the Canaanite arena outside of Ugarit, this tablet quickly bec...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2024
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Tel Aviv
Année: 2024, Volume: 51, Numéro: 1, Pages: 3–17 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Epigraphy
B Petrography B South Semitic Alphabet B Clay mineralogy B Beth-Shemesh B Archaeometry B Provenance study B Ugarit B Late Bronze Age B Cuneiform tablet |
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| Résumé: | The Fifth Haverford excavation season at Tel Beth-Shemesh (Ain Shams) in 1933 revealed a fractured tablet bearing a cuneiform inscription dating to the Late Bronze Age. Considered to be the earliest alphabetic cuneiform text uncovered in the Canaanite arena outside of Ugarit, this tablet quickly became the focus of many studies. Later readings suggested that this was the earliest example of a South Semitic Alphabetical sequence. Through petrographic material analysis, the present study examines the possible location of production of the tablet and discusses the implications with regard to the object’s function and cultural context. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4786 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Tel Aviv
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/03344355.2024.2327796 |