Attested ArtifactA-LACHISH2

Lachish Letter 2

Ostracon letter · Tel Lachish, Judah · c. 590–585 BCE

𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄

Paleo-Hebrew letters (Unicode, schematic)YHWH · letter 2, line 2

Evidence status: Attested secure_consonantal
Type: Ostracon letter
Place: Tel Lachish, Judah
site (approx. ±1 km)
Date: c. 590–585 BCE
Approx. 589/588 BCE in Davies corpus

1000 BCE500 BCE1 CE500 CE
Language: Hebrew
Script: Paleo-Hebrew
Editorial note: YHWH appears as formula in line 2.

Attestations

1 reading

Reading	Form	Locus	Status	Vowels observed
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄יהוה YHWH	YHWH	letter 2, line 2	Secure transliteration	none marked

AS-L2: Davies corpus transliteration y-h-w-h.

Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions: Corpus and Concordance
G. I. Davies · Cambridge University Press · 1991
High reliability
R18·Academic excerptOpen source
Judahite Hebrew Epigraphy and Cult
André Lemaire · Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology 7:43–72 · 2024
High reliability
R17·Academic articleOpen source

YHWH יהוה Attested

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