The Tel Dan Stele, discovered in 1993, is set to be on display at a college in Oklahoma starting this monthThe Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by P. Lanyi
Posted on 09/05/2024 7:16:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
An artifact described as one of the most important archaeological finds of all time will soon be on display in the US.
The Tel Dan Stele, a stone inscribed with ancient Hebrew, is the earliest known archaeological evidence of the existence of King David, a king of ancient Israel.
The monument fragment is being sent loaned from The Israel Museum to Oklahoma's Herbert W. Armstrong College from September 22 through November 25 as part the 'Kingdom of David and Solomon Discovered' exhibit.
Exhibit curator Brad Macdonald said: 'This is a colossal honor for Oklahoma and the Armstrong Foundation.
'This artifact provides an extraordinary snapshot into biblical history and is possibly Israel's most important archaeological discovery ever.
'This is only the second time the stele has been to America.'
The Tel Dan Stele was discovered in 1993 and carbon dating puts its creation somewhere in the late ninth century BC.
The large rock features several lines of text describing the victory of an Aramean king over a 'king of the House of David.'
The writings corroborate passages from the Hebrew Bible.
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The Tel Dan Stele, discovered in 1993, is set to be on display at a college in Oklahoma starting this monthThe Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by P. Lanyi
Thanks for the link!
Wife and I spent a lovely afternoon hiking Tel Dan and the archeological digs back in ‘99.
What are we to tell Dan Steel? (/s)
The more archeology is done, the more the Bible is proven.
I have a question. What did they do back then if they made a typo ? Did they execute the chiseler ? Is that where the term chiseler came from ? Is this Stele an example of one that had a mistake (based on it’s condition) ?
There were no typos, because there were no typewriters.
A typographical error is when you hit the wrong key, usually the one beside the key you intended to hit.
People often wrongly use the word "typo" when they mean "mistake." It sounds more trivial and innocent -- Oops, I made a typo! -- than admitting that one does not know grammar or how to spell.
A lot of the Old Testament political history does get borne out. Still no evidence of the Hebrews in Egypt, but how many cultures keep careful records of their slaves.
There have been slave communities found with remnants of the materials and pieces of bricks made as described in the Bible.
“What did they do back then if they made a typo ? Did they execute the chiseler ? Is that where the term chiseler came from ?”
Typically, they would write out the message with chalk or some such; it would be proofed, and then carved. So mistakes were rare. Yes, they would lightly carve out mistakes, then write over the marked out area. It was subtle. Frequently in Egypt one pharaoh would carve over the name of some other ruler who was disfavored and put his name in place. They can now figure out the original name by impressions in the rock; I think using x-rays.
Without looking it up “chiseler” comes from the practice of shaving a bit from the outside diameter of coins back when they were made of silver or gold. This is why USA coins historically made of precious meal (quarters, dimes, etc) have the serrated edge — so you could see if they have been shaved.
We have one of the most telling findings here in America. It’s called the Grand Canyon which could only have been carved out by catastrophic flood waters. There’s no other explanation. That dinky river flowing through the bottom could never have caused the wide gorge that towers on either side.
Answers in Genesis has great videos showing the evidence. One being the rock layers which are sedimentary in nature meaning laid down by water. Then there are the fossils that in places have millions of bones from countless species that could only have been deposited, again, but catastrophic flooding and receding.
Y’know how some people do crossword puzzles in pencil so they can change a guess, while others have the hubris to use pens? Cuneiform was designed for clay tablets, and the soft clay could be easily ‘erased’ to enter corrections or entirely new texts.
Pencil users.
Carving in stone was accomplished using a water-soluble ink or paint, proofed, corrected where needed, then the characters were chiseled out, like painting by numbers but with metal tools.
Egyptian wall texts were roughed out using an ocher-based ink (if memory serves), then the master scribe checked the text, made corrections, and the permanent version was painted on, covering the light ochre version, errors, corrections, and all.
There are also ancient errors detected in carved inscriptions, those were pen users I’d guess. :^)
“Still no evidence of the Hebrews in Egypt...”
According to Professor Cyrus H. Gordon, who liked to dig around in the Middle East, literally, there is plenty of evidence of the Hebrews in Egypt.
Thanks MWT!
Yes, but nothing to say they were Hebrew speaking, or there was a guy named Joseph, who advised the pharaoh, or a Moses raised by a princess. Those are stories that get high up enough in the culture that you might think they would be mentioned in what are pretty detailed political records in Egypt. Would be so cool if they ever found something.
There is some; not very good.
A bill of sale from one merchant mentions Semitic slaves (but they could be any Semitic tribe), some Hebraic “spell books” involving snake magic from the general period, that sort of thing.
Would love to see this, but Oklahoma is too far away. ~~sigh~~
Plus, the wind comes sweeping down the plain.
Funny, I always think of that song when I see or hear “Oklahoma.” Sometimes, I even sing out the first line, which is all I know of it.
So true! In fact, visiting the North Rim (within last 10 years) there is an information board (put up by the NPS) that describes a wide spread flooding event extending from the North and covering Northern AZ. My wife and I were shocked as we were always told the Colorado River shaped the Grand Canyon.
We laughed after reading it. Now that I live in AZ; definitely going back to take a pic of that board. I had one but my laptop fried and lost all my pics stored on it.
My mother did crosswords in pen - she had books of crosswords all done in pen - never a correction.
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