An Inscribed Sherd Found in Tel Zeror

Abstract

The writer tried to date the sherd from palaeographical point of view. It resulted in the first half of the eighth century B. C. This is contrasted with the examinations of pottery typology and stratigraphy, which have concluded some decades earlier date than the palaeographical one. The scripts show remarkable Aramaic characteristics, although they reserves tenaciously some so typical characteristics of the ancient Hebrew scripts that they seem not to be inscribed by the hands trained for orthodox Aramaic writing.