First Sentence Ever Found in Ancient Alphabet, and It's About Beard Lice

Gizomodo ^ | Isaac Schultz

[BenLurkin]

Archaeologists in Israel say they have found the first-known written sentence in Canaanite, an alphabet used by the long-ago inhabitants of the region and until now lost to time.

The sentence—comprising 17 Canaanite characters, totaling seven words—was incised on an ivory comb carved from an elephant tusk. It says: “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.”

Photo: Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority

[BenLurkin]

ping

[No name given]

Interesting.

[rdl6989]

It just shows how important dealing with beard lice is.

[BipolarBob]

I can just barely make out the authors name zztop.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Discovered just in time to root the lice out of our political process?

[Sirius Lee]

With an advertisement like that, you don’t need a spokesman. These things sell themselves!

[Red Badger]

Missing part:

Rinse, lather, repeat................

[x]

Is it about these guys?

[Ezekiel]

“May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.”

Looks like something from The Far Side.

Blessings for cavemen.

[bitt]

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[mikey_hates_everything]

Thank you, Romans and Henry Nock, founder of Wilkinson Sword. Beard lice isn’t so much of a problem when there is no beard. Must have really gotten pretty itchy down there for some women, though.

[BenLurkin]

I was thinking maybe it was a gag gift.

[Ezekiel]

Lol. Secret Santa apparently goes way back.

[BenLurkin]

“You’ll have to point it out. All those Japanese cars look alike to me.”

[Honest Nigerian]

Burma Shave?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin, a twofer.

One of *those* topics.

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[mikey_hates_everything]

I imported an Itchiyaya with right-hand drive.

[Larry Lucido]

The author.

[DoodleBob]

Nope, this one.