tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post2833335184751496083..comments2023-10-12T14:09:33.965-07:00Comments on The Biblia Hebraica Blog: Aramaic Inscription from 1st Century CEDouglas Mangumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15267532075493569019noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-54285661838186833322009-07-31T08:43:50.409-07:002009-07-31T08:43:50.409-07:00Perhaps, but anything with the potential for makin...Perhaps, but anything with the potential for making a "significant contribution to our knowledge" must certainly be a forgery. The forgery possibility is always raised - even with inscriptions found <i>in situ</i> like Tel Dan. This one looked odd though. I wasn't sure if it was a mix of scripts or if the photo wasn't clear enough to tell the letters apart because some of it looked literally like chicken scratches to me. And I can read Aramaic and Hebrew inscriptions, usually.Douglas Mangumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267532075493569019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-48506547327135698032009-07-31T07:55:52.299-07:002009-07-31T07:55:52.299-07:00Huh, so the characters are clearly written and pre...Huh, so the characters are clearly written and preserved, but difficult. I don’t know much, but this sounds like the kind of find that can make a significant (not necessarily huge) contribution to our knowledge of how the script develops and varies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com