One of the richest and most variegated epigraphic troves from antiquity is finally being given the scholarly attention it deserves. During the nearly 200 years of modern exploration in the Holy Land, thousands of inscriptions in different ancient languages have been found on stone, mosaic, ceramic, metal and painted cave walls, amounting to a riot of writing, ranging from a single word or name to complex texts of many lines. Many of these inscriptions have already been carefully published, but many others have been published poorly or not at all. Several years ago, a team of scholars from Israel […]
