Blessing in Burial Cave at Khirbet el-Kom (Makkedah) #3
Iron Age II, 8th Century BCE
This inscription was written by someone who was apparently hiding in the cave. For a photograph of the inscription, see
Hamsa-like Hand in Khirbet el-Kom (Makkedah) Tomb
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Uriyahu the governor wrote it:
Blessed be Uriyahu of YHWH
and of His asherah. And from his enemies grant him deliverance,
to Daniyahu . . .
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