Northwest Semitic inscriptions

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archaeological artifact epigraphic corpus historical source linguistic source primary source

Northwest Semitic inscriptions are ancient written records in Northwest Semitic languages, such as Phoenician, Aramaic, and Hebrew, that provide key historical, linguistic, and religious information about the Levant and surrounding regions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northwest Semitic epigraphy	1
Phoenician inscriptions	1

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological artifact ⓘ epigraphic corpus ⓘ historical source ⓘ linguistic source ⓘ primary source ⓘ
function	administrative record ⓘ dedicatory inscription ⓘ funerary inscription ⓘ legal document ⓘ religious text ⓘ royal inscription ⓘ votive inscription ⓘ
geographicRegion	Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Syro-Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableExample	Aramaic papyri from Elephantine ⓘ Byblos royal inscriptions NERFINISHED ⓘ Deir Alla Inscription NERFINISHED ⓘ Gezer Calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ Khirbet Qeiyafa ostracon NERFINISHED ⓘ Kilamuwa Inscription NERFINISHED ⓘ Lachish letters NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesha Stele NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenician royal inscriptions ⓘ Samaria ostraca NERFINISHED ⓘ Siloam Inscription NERFINISHED ⓘ Tel Dan Stele NERFINISHED ⓘ Ugaritic Baal Cycle tablets NERFINISHED ⓘ Zakkur Inscription NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium	clay ⓘ metal ⓘ papyrus ⓘ parchment ⓘ pottery ostraca ⓘ stone ⓘ
providesInformationOn	Aramaean kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenician city-states ⓘ ancient Near Eastern religions ⓘ ancient law and administration ⓘ historical events in the Levant ⓘ political history of Israel and Judah ⓘ
relatedTo	Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Near Eastern epigraphy ⓘ history of writing systems ⓘ
roleIn	reconstruction of Northwest Semitic morphology ⓘ reconstruction of Northwest Semitic phonology ⓘ reconstruction of Northwest Semitic syntax ⓘ
studiedBy	Semitic linguists ⓘ biblical scholars ⓘ epigraphers ⓘ historians of the ancient Near East ⓘ
subclassOf	Semitic inscriptions ⓘ ancient Near Eastern inscriptions ⓘ
timePeriod	Achaemenid period NERFINISHED ⓘ First millennium BCE ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ Late Bronze Age ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
writtenInLanguage	Ammonite ⓘ Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Edomite NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Moabite NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenician ⓘ Punic ⓘ Samalian ⓘ Ugaritic NERFINISHED ⓘ
writtenInLanguageFamily	Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
writtenInScript	Aramaic script ⓘ Paleo-Hebrew script NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenician alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Ugaritic cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edomite religion → attestedIn → Northwest Semitic inscriptions ⓘ

Lachish ewer inscription → fieldOfStudy → Northwest Semitic inscriptions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Semitic epigraphy

Resheph → mentionedIn → Northwest Semitic inscriptions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phoenician inscriptions