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Jar Handle, 13th century BCE

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A handle from a Late Bronze Age store jar (13th century BCE) containing three incised letters in Proto-Canaanite script, the earliest known alphabet. Found during the 1976 pilot season at Tell Halif.


“How a Dig Begins,” BAR Jun 1977.


See also:

In the Path of Sennacherib, Oded Borowski, BAR 31:03, May/Jun 2005.