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The Zayit Stone is a 38 pound limestone boulder discovered on 15 July 2005 at Tel Zayit (Zeitah) in the Guvrin Valley, about 50 km (35 miles) southwest of Jerusalem. The boulder measures 37.5 cm × 27 cm × 15.7 cm high and was embedded in the stone wall of a building. It is the earliest securely-dated example of the complete Paleo-Hebrew alphabet. The flat side of the boulder is inscribed with a complete Paleo-Hebrew abecedary. The first line contains eighteen letters (''aleph'' through ''tsadi''), while the second contains the remaining four letters (''qoph'' through ''tav'') followed by two enigmatic zigzag symbols. == Description == One side of the stone carries the Paleo-Hebrew abecedary extending over two lines: *Line 1: : * Line 2: :| | In modern Hebrew alphabet, the letters are: *Line 1: : *Line 2: :| | There is some debate over whether the forms of these letters are anticipatory of later developments in Hebrew and should thus be characterized as "Palaeo-Hebrew" or whether they lack such features and should be characterized as "Phoenician" or more generally "South Canaanite."〔For an introduction to difficulties of labeling this script, see and 〕 The side opposite this inscription has a bowl-shaped depression measuring 18.5 cm × 14.5 cm × 6.7 cm deep. Other similar ground stone objects have been recovered at Tel Zayit. Their function is uncertain, but "they may have served as mortars, door sockets, or basins of some kind." The very top line of the inscription contain the letters: :26x26px25x25px30x30px In the modern Hebrew alphabet this translates to: :עזר The word עזר is mentioned in the bible many times and depending on the verse, it either translates to, "Help" or "Helper". For example: "Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me; Lord, be my helper" (Psalms 30:11), "And I looked, and there was none to help" (Isaiah 63:5). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zayit Stone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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