Join us today for a look at ancient history as we examine the Siloam Inscription, an 8th century BC paleo-Hebrew inscription commemorating the completion of the Siloam tunnel. This enormously significant artifact is one of the oldest surviving Hebrew texts, and we get to read it!

Replica Stone:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Siloam11.jpg

Inscription Illustration (easier to read):
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Siloam_Inscription_Squeeze.tif/lossy-page1-2560px-Siloam_Inscription_Squeeze.tif.jpg

Paleo Hebrew Alphabet:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a7/09/cf/a709cf813dccb12f45d15ea8b9b5a665.jpg

Stone Transcription and Translation by Kautsch and Wright:
https://www.katapi.org.uk/BAndS/SiloamInscription.htm

Siloam Tunnel Map Credit:

The three millennia old tunnels under ancient Jerusalem, Israel
byu/wildeastmofo inpapertowns

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