From: Simon Montagu (smontagu@smontagu.org)
Date: Tue May 04 2004 - 17:35:57 CDT
Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> I'd be interested in such a building. Anyplace still using Phoenician
> script? Aside from the Samaritans, whose script has evolved some as
> well... Wow.
Yes, "Wow" was exactly my reaction too. I've put some pictures up at
http://www.smontagu.org/PalaeoHebrew/
It's interesting that the inscription uses modern Hebrew spelling
conventions and writes נחושת with a mater lectionis, which it doesn't
have in the Masoretic text of Kings.
The glyphs look to my unexpert eye more like Moabite than Paleo-Hebrew,
but of course it's a work of art rather than a scholarly presentation,
and the sculptor may have chosen them from aesthetic considerations.
Next time I'm there, I'll try asking some random passers-by what they
think the script is. ;-)
Simon
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