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