Subject: Monumental Inscriptions from the Biblical World; West Semitic Monumental Inscriptions; Miscellaneous Inscriptions
The Tel Dan Bowl (2.87)
Subject: 1 Sam 8:13; 9:23, 24; Gen 37:36; 2 Kgs 25:8; Dan 2:14
The Tel Dan Bowl (2.87)(174 words)
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McCarter, P. Kyle, “The Tel Dan Bowl (2.87)”, in: Context of Scripture Online, Editor in Chief: W. Hallo. Consulted online on 18 February 2019 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2211-436X_cos_aCOSB_2_87>▲ Back to top ▲
Commentary
This short Aramaic inscription is incised on the base of bowl found among a collection of ninth- and eighth-century pottery from Tel Dan. It consists of six Aramaic letters, five of which are fully or partly extant, written alongside a five-pointed star.