Re: Aramaic speech and script

From: Aviah Morag - TransLink (aviah@translinkpro.com)
Date: Sun Jan 24 2010 - 11:23:45 CST

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    Certainly, that was her and my guess, but technically, it's just a guess.

    Best,
    Aviah

    On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Mark E. Shoulson <mark@kli.org> wrote:

    > On 01/24/2010 01:22 AM, Aviah Morag - TransLink wrote:
    >
    >> For what it's worth, Ilana Sasson, a friend and expert on ancient
    >> Semitic langauges, offers the following:
    >>
    >> --
    >>
    >> It does not look like any of the sets of scripts that I am familiar
    >> with. It almost looks to me like a modern attempt to mimic ancient
    >> writing. The closest script is that which was used in the DSS Isaiah,
    >> which is considered square Hebrew Script. However, I suspect that the
    >> first line is more like:
    >> תתיהו בר זבידא
    >>
    >
    > Presumably the first letter is missing and the first word is the name
    > מתתיהו (Matithias/Matthew).
    >
    > ~mark
    >
    >

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