Abstract
In IEJ (6-9) are found the preliminary reports about the excavations at Hazor (1955-1958) by Y. Yadin, in which are some fragmentary reports about Hazor Hebrew inscriptions. These reports do not cover the whole inscriptions found at Hazor. Complete archaeological reports are found in “HAZOR I-IV, ” in which all the Hebrew inscriptions are printed in photographs or in their restored pictures. J. C. L. Gibson has inserted three Hazor inscriptions in “Textbook of Syrian Semitic Inscriptions” (1971) out of the whole eighteen Hazor inscriptions. Neither Yadin's reports nor Gibson's comments are complete about the Hazor inscriptions. Comprehensive deeper study is necessary.
All of the inscriptions are engraved on the outside of store jars and bowls except the one written by a brush and ink. Originally these were inscribed on the perfect store jars and bowls. But when they were found most of the inscriptions were incomplete except a few.
This paper covers the study of the restoration of their original forms and their interpretations and comments of the eighteen entire Hazor Hebrew inscriptions. In these inscriptions Hebrew personal names, place names (such as Samaria, the capital of the Israelite kingdom), the word qdš which may indicate “holy, holiness, ” and others are included.
