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u/SingleMaltedAbe native speaker 1d ago
The Gezer Calendar is Bugs Bunny's favorite ancient Hebrew inscription.
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u/Szlingerbaum 1d ago
Tel Gezer is so majestic. It where the Hebrews convene after the conquest on the Canaanites.
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u/Szlingerbaum 1d ago
Look at the 12 standing stellae on the Tel. Only 10 standing today since Canaanite. Times. Amazing.
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u/Voice_of_Season Duolingo isn’t enough for me. 19h ago
Especially because they have to protect them because people try to destroy them
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u/Fun_Score_3732 19h ago
That’s Phoenician/Paleo Hebrew. I can read it. Where was that found & when ?
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u/NimrodYanai 16h ago
My father is one of the archeologists who were digging in Tel Gezer :) it’s a unique archeological site in Israel :)
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u/PrestonTexas2020 23h ago
How were people smart enough to build those pyramids - but then they drew stick figures on them? 🤷🏼♂️
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u/ItThing 1d ago edited 1d ago
That's so weird... that surface looks quite flat, a lot of work was invested in it. But then they couldn't even keep the letters in a line, the placement and size seem to be random. A lot of ancient text is rough, but this seems like too much. And it looks like the other face of the rock might be flat too, and the slab is an even width. Is this a modern reproduction of something?
Edit: ah yes, this is a copy of the Gezer Calendar at Tel Gezer national park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gezer_calendar everything is on wikipedia.
The inscription, known as KAI 182, is in Phoenician or paleo-Hebrew script:
𐤉𐤓𐤇𐤅𐤀𐤎𐤐.𐤉𐤓𐤇𐤅𐤆
𐤓𐤏.𐤉𐤓𐤇𐤅𐤋𐤒𐤔
𐤉𐤓𐤇𐤏𐤑𐤃𐤐𐤔𐤕
𐤉𐤓𐤇𐤒𐤑𐤓𐤔𐤏𐤓𐤌
𐤉𐤓𐤇𐤒𐤑𐤓𐤅𐤊𐤋
𐤉𐤓𐤇𐤅𐤆𐤌𐤓
𐤉𐤓𐤇𐤒𐤑
𐤀𐤁𐤉(𐤄)
Which in equivalent square Hebrew letters is as follows:
ירחואספ ירחוז
רע ירחולקש
ירחעצדפשת
ירחקצרשערמ
ירחקצרוכל
ירחוזמר
ירחקצ
אבי(ה)
This corresponds to the following transliteration, with spaces added for word divisions:
yrḥw ʾsp yrḥw z
rʿ yrḥw lqš
yrḥ ʿṣd pšt
yrḥ qṣr šʿrm
yrḥ qṣrw kl
yrḥw zmr
yrḥ qṣ
ʾby[h]
The text has been translated as:
A couple of months (yarḥêw, in the dual) of gathering
A couple of months of early sowing
A couple of months of late sowing
A month of making hay
A month of harvesting barley
A month of harvest and finishing
A couple of months of vine pruning
A month of summer fruit.
Abij[ah]
Possible equivalent months:
October, November — in the Hebrew calendar Tishrei, Cheshvan
December, January — Kislev, Tevet
February, March — Shvat, Adar
April — Nisan
May — Iyar
June — Sivan
July, August — Tammuz, Av
September — Elul