Tell es-Safi inscription

The Tell es-Safi inscription was found in 2005 at the archaeological site at Tell es-Safi, identified with the biblical city of Gath. It was under the destruction layer at the beginning of Iron Age IIA (1000–925 BCE).

Excavations at Tell es-Safi

Seven letters, interpreted as two words, are written on the piece of pottery: "ALWT" (אלות) and "WLT" (ולת). This was initially suggested to be similar to what would have been the name of Goliath (גלית), the famous Biblical character from Gath.

Written in Proto-Canaanite, it is the “earliest known alphabetic inscription from an Iron Age Philistine site in a well defined context”.

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