The Gezer Calendar is a small limestone tablet inscribed in an early Hebrew script and discovered at the site of ancient Gezer, generally dated to around the tenth century BCE. Its text lists the agricultural year in a sequence of months or seasons grouped by farming tasks such as harvesting, planting and tending vines. It is among the oldest known examples of Hebrew writing and is an important source for understanding the agricultural calendar of the early Iron Age Levant.
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Original LanguagePhoenician or a northern dialect of Hebrew 1 Scholars are divided between Phoenician and a northern dialect of Hebrew; the script is also disputed. Document TypeInscribed limestone tablet 1 Current LocationMuseum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul 1 Classification
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1. Gezer calendar, Wikipedia
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The Gezer calendar is a small limestone tablet with an early Canaanite inscription
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Scholars are divided as to whether the language is Phoenician or a northern dialect of Hebrew
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The Gezer calendar is currently displayed at the Museum of the Ancient Orient
Gezer Calendar: Medium
The Gezer Calendar is a small limestone tablet inscribed in an early Hebrew script and discovered at the site of ancient Gezer, generally dated to around the tenth century BCE.
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