NAVIGATING THE EPIGRAPHIC STORM: A Palaeographer Reflects on Inscriptions from the Market

From: Near Eastern Archaeology | Date: March 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

A Sea of Market Inscriptions

The number of Northwest Semitic inscriptions appearing on the antiquities market continues unabated.1 Some of these inscriptions are genuine (i.e., ancient) inscriptions, but have appeared on the market as a result of illicit excavations. Within this category are the Wadi ed-Daliyeh materials, the Qumran scrolls, and (in my opinion) the Idumean Ostraca. Some of these epigraphic objects, however, are modern forgeries. Within this category, I place inscriptions such as the Brazilian Phoenician Inscription, the Hebron Philistine Documents, Moussaieff Ostraca (Widow's ...

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