Mesha’s Stele and the House of David
The article discusses the presence of the words "btdwd," which means "House of David" in a fragmented portion of the West Semitic Hebrew inscription Mesha Stele, discovered at the site of Biblical Dibon in 1868 and restored by French archaeologist Charles Clermont-Ganneau. It hig...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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| In: |
Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2022, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 34-41 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Biblical archaeology
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| Further subjects: | B
CLERMONT-Ganneau, Charles
B REFLECTANCE spectroscopy B BIBLICAL antiquities B Manuscripts B HEBREW inscriptions |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The article discusses the presence of the words "btdwd," which means "House of David" in a fragmented portion of the West Semitic Hebrew inscription Mesha Stele, discovered at the site of Biblical Dibon in 1868 and restored by French archaeologist Charles Clermont-Ganneau. It highlights the Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) used by a team researchers from the University of Southern California to view the ancient letters on the inscription. |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical archaeology review
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