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An important archaeological find in Jerusalem
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:15 am
by Isaac Fried
Archaeologists deciphered a seal impression bearing the name of the 8th century BCE biblical King
חזקיהו Hezekiah recently found during excavations next to the Old City of Jerusalem, the Hebrew University announced Wednesday.
See here
http://www.timesofisrael.com/seal-beari ... jerusalem/
Notice on it the image of an eagle, and the curious symbol on the right.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
Re: An important archaeological find in Jerusalem
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 12:39 pm
by normansimonr
Those are good news. A bit surprised to see the ankh and the winged disk, but it's a great discovery anyway. I wish I could read the archaic aleph-bet.
Re: An important archaeological find in Jerusalem
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 1:22 pm
by Isaac Fried
I suspect that "ankh" is related to the Hebrew אנוֹכי ANOKIY, then to אני חי, 'I am alive'.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
Re: An important archaeological find in Jerusalem
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 4:36 am
by Em3ry
Ankh = pipe for blowing smoke into beehives
Re: An important archaeological find in Jerusalem
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 9:21 pm
by Isaac Fried
Blowing high quality smoke into the beehive will cause all bees to dance and sing all day
אך אך כמה נוֹח
מהריח הניחוֹח
מי את אנך זה הטוֹב יכוֹל לשכוֹח
Isaac Fried, Boston University