Gazetteport.com reports that farmers ploughing a field at Urfa in South-East Turkey struck something and when they went to dig it out which turned out to be a tablet inscribed with Syriac in Estrangela.
Talk about a beautiful find, though. :-)
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Peace,
-Steve
3 comments:
Wow, its in pretty amazing condition too. I can't wait to find out what it says!
Looks fascinating! I hope someday to be able to read things like that. =]
I'm looking forward to hearing back from you w.r.t. my last e-mails about classes... it's been several days. I hope I haven't offended somehow. =[
-Raymond
Very interesting post!! It's good to see some archaeological evidence, other than the Aramaic Peshitta, of the Estrangela script in this area. Edessa was the heart of the Aramaic-speaking Estrangela-writing community in the 1st century, which is why the early Peshitta MSS used the Estrangela script.
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