What Does It Say?

[Allabord4Jah]

Inscription from King David's era sparks mystery

[trottigy]

According to the website -

 

 

The inscription is incised into the clay of a neckless ceramic jar found at Jerusalem's Ophel excavation site. The text is in the Canaanite language, which predates Israelite rule and the prevalence of Hebrew script. From left to right, the letters translate to M, Q, P, H, N, possibly L, and N.

 

The archaeologists behind the find, led by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Eilat Mazar, say that combination of letters doesn't correspond to any known word in west-Semitic languages — and thus, its meaning is unknown. But they suspect that the inscription specifies the contents of the jar or the name of its owner.

 

[Allabord4Jah]

Yeah, a jar probably would have its owner's name on it or what it carried inside of it.  All this fuss over a JAR, it made national headlines.