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== Discovery of the Tel Dan Inscription ==

== Discovery of the Tel Dan Inscription ==

The [[Tel Dan Inscription]] was discovered 21 July 1993, in the vicinity of Tel Dan. The Tel Dan Inscription is an inscribed basal stone, and a fragment of what was originally a larger inscription that was smoothed for the purposes of writing. The inscription written in Early Aramaic, and dates to the ninth century BC. Its existence was first noted by the surveyor of the Tel Dan excavations, [[Gila Cook]]. According to Ariel [[Heimann]] of the geological survey of Israel, the stone used for the Tel Dan Inscription was of local basalt, meaning it had been produced locally in the region of Tel Dan.<ref>see reference 5, pg. 84.</ref>

The [[Tel Dan Inscription]] was discovered 21 July 1993, in the vicinity of Tel Dan. The Tel Dan Inscription is an inscribed basal stone, and a fragment of what was originally a larger inscription that was smoothed for the purposes of writing. The inscription written in Early Aramaic, and dates to the ninth century BC. Its existence was first noted by the surveyor of the Tel Dan excavations, [[Gila Cook]]. According to [[Ariel Heimann]] of the geological survey of Israel, the stone used for the Tel Dan Inscription was of local basalt, meaning it had been produced locally in the region of Tel Dan.<ref>see reference 5, pg. 84.</ref>

The preserved text of the Tel Dan Inscription reads as follows;

The preserved text of the Tel Dan Inscription reads as follows;