Archaeology · 4 · David
The Zayit Stone
Found near Gezer, this fifteen-inch stone simply lists the twenty-two letters of the alphabet in order. It may be one of the oldest Hebrew inscriptions.
Practice made scribes.
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Other Hebrew alphabet exercises, called abecedaries, survive from later times, including the 'Izbet Sartah ostracon now at the Israel Museum.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 69–70
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