Resources for Schools - Epigraphic Texts and Inscriptions
Epigraphic Texts and Inscriptions
Use the following sites to search for texts related to Ancient Israel, including:
- Amman Citadel Inscription
- Beit YHWH ostracon
- Ekron inscription
- El Kerak inscription
- Gezer Calendar
- Lachish ostracon
- Melqart stele
- Moabite stele or Mesha stele
- Samaria ostraca
- Sennacherib Prism
- Siloam Tunnel inscription
- Tel Dan inscription
- Widow’s Petition ostracon
- Yavneh-Yam ostracon
Bible History Online.
Ancient Israel: Texts & Inscriptions
Ancient Israel and the Near East
Dead Sea Scrolls.
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
http://www.english.imjnet.org.il/page_899
Fordham University, New York
Internet History Sourcebook: Israel.
The National Monarchy (c.1020-586 BCE)
http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/asbook06.asp
http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/asbook06.asp#The National Monarchy
W. Hallow and K. Lawson Younger (eds.), The Context of Scripture, (Brill, 1997-2017)
This work of 4 volumes gives the text in translation and with helpful introductions. It is available both in print and digital format (search online).
K.C. Hanson
Collection of Ancient Documents
http://www.kchanson.com/ANCDOCS/ancdocs.html
See especially:
http://www.kchanson.com/ANCDOCS/westsem/westsem.html
InscriptiFact
University of Southern California. West Semitic Research: An Image Database of Inscriptions and Artifacts
Inscriptions from the Land of Israel / Palestine
M.L. Satlow, University of Virginia
http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/mls4n/
and
http://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/Inscriptions/
Papyrus Stories
Ancient Lives from the Ancient Past. A collection of texts including Coptic, Demotic, Hebrew, Akkadian, Egyptian and Greek.
https://papyrus-stories.com/