DailyHebrew.com

The Jerusalem Post (Jpost.com) is reporting that a stone vessel bearing a 10-line Aramaic inscription was recently uncovered from the excavations at Mount Zion.

The six-week excavation is being carried out within the Gan Sobev Homot Yerushalayim national park, close to the Zion Gate of the Old City.

The 10-line Aramaic script, which is clear but cryptic, is being deciphered by a team of epigraphic experts in an effort to determine the meaning of the text, said Prof. Shimon Gibson, of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, who is co-directing the excavation.

"This is a difficult script, not one that is worn or graded, which demands research," Gibson said.

Notes:

 -For more information about Shimon Gibson and the Mount Zion dig, see here.

 -An low-resolution image of what appears to be the end of two lines is provided with the article.

(HT: Jim Davila)

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