Scientists have decoded the invisible manuscript of the time of the First temple
Scientists have decoded the invisible manuscript of the time of the First gramatiski from tel Aviv University with the help of advanced image processing technologies have helped archaeologists to read the invisible until now, the inscription on the clay tablet age, the end of the First temple.
A clay tablet was found in 1965 during excavations of a military settlement of tel Arad and more than 50 years was the exhibit of the Israel Museum, according to Breaking Israel News.
Tel Arad was an Outpost on the southern border of the Jewish Kingdom, the number of the garrison was not more than 30 people. A large part of the artifacts discovered here, including the aforementioned clay tablet, dated to 600 BC, when the rules of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, and the destruction of the First temple in Israel was less than 15 years.
The front side of the plate contained information on remittances, and working capital was long considered to be empty, but through the use of multispectral images scientists were able to decipher on the other side of 17 words, consisting of 50 characters. Now experts believe that the reverse side is a continuation of the text on the front of the plate.
According to archaeologists, the message was sent to the logistics officer Eliashiv some Hananiah from the city of Beersheba. The label contains information about sent military supplies — flour, wine and oil. New deciphered the inscription starts asking for more wine and continues with a promise to provide assistance if the recipient you need anything.
According to experts, although the plate contains just everyday correspondence, its importance can not be overestimated, because scientists possess extremely small number of texts of the era of the First temple.
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