tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194466694963446850.post3342977740634631643..comments2024-02-23T10:12:38.532-08:00Comments on Worthless Mysteries: Can I read "Jonah"?Jack Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14004282958911902796noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194466694963446850.post-58064899565456581402013-10-06T17:00:09.821-07:002013-10-06T17:00:09.821-07:00Indeed, which is why I would be cautious about dra...Indeed, which is why I would be cautious about drawing any major conclusions based on such ambiguous markings.Jack Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14004282958911902796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194466694963446850.post-14567290753804890422013-09-18T10:21:41.177-07:002013-09-18T10:21:41.177-07:00No cigar on that connection Jack. You just have to...No cigar on that connection Jack. You just have to be more careful with your historical leaps on these things. :-) Seriously, several have suggested a Zayin, including one who thinks it does say "Whore," (Avrahaum Segol) though I have no idea why he thinks such would be written on an ossuary/fish/vase. More to the point, Haggai Misgav reads it as a rare name: ZILA/ZEILA or ZOLA (yod=zayin; nun=lamed), Ed Cook reads YEHUDAH. So there you go. If you take a look at other similar names on ossuary inscriptions they have the same kind of "squiggly line" appearance--the graffiti ones I mean.<br />James D. Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18137109228365359971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194466694963446850.post-88988393154119277082013-09-16T16:56:49.078-07:002013-09-16T16:56:49.078-07:00"Do I get a TV show now?"-Not quite yet...."Do I get a TV show now?"-Not quite yet. Maybe a brief TV appearance. :-)pithomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13997094225496018110noreply@blogger.com