K. C. Hanson's Collection of
West Semitic Documents
(Image from:
George Athas's Website
)
AMMONITE
Amman Citadel Inscription
(9th cent.)
ARAMAIC
Melqart Stele
(9th—8th cent.
BCE
)
Tel Dan Inscription
(9th—7th cent.
BCE
)
Elephantine Papyri
Quit Claim after Divorce
(440)
BCE
Passover Letter
(419/418
BCE
)
Petition to Authorize Elephantine Temple Reconstruction
(407
BCE
)
Tax Receipt
(355
BCE
)
A Deed of Loan
(54/55
CE
)
The Joseph Caiaphas Ossuary
(1st century
CE
)
The James Ossuary
(1st century
CE
)
HEBREW
The Gezer Calendar/Almanac
(c. 925
BCE
)
The BytYhwh Inscription
(c. 9th—7th centuries
BCE
)
A Widow's Petition Ostracon
(c. 9th—7th centuries
BCE
)
Siloam Inscription
(c. 701
BCE
)
The Yavneh-Yam (Mesad-Hashavyahu) Ostracon
(c. 639–609
BCE
)
Lachish Ostracon #3
(c. 598
BCE
)
1QpHab: The Habakkuk Pesher
(c. 100
BCE
)
pMur
42: Letter Attesting Ownership of a Cow
(c. 135
CE
)
MOABITE
The Mesha Stele
[aka: "Moabite Stone"] (9th cent.
BCE
)
The El-Kerak Inscription
(9th cent.
BCE
)
PHOENICIAN
Incirli Stela
(late 700s
BCE
)— Elizabeth Carter (UCLA)
Ekron Inscription
(7th cent.
BCE
)
UGARITIC
The Epic of Kret
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