Tel Dan stele
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tel-dan-stele-204-6725422
title:
Tel Dan stele
text:
The Tel Dan Stele is a fragmentary stele containing an Aramaic inscription which dates to the 9th century BCE. It is the earliest known extra-biblical archaeological reference to the house of David. The stele was discovered in 1993 in Tel-Dan by Gila Cook, a member of an archaeological team led by Avraham Biran. Its pieces were used to construct an ancient stone wall that survived into modern times. The stele contains several lines of ancient Hebrew. The surviving inscription details that an ind
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description:
Fragmentary stele containing a Canaanite inscription
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Dan_stele
date created:
2004-11-15T22:04:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T20:55:10Z
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