entity · text_qeiyafa_ostracon
Khirbet Qeiyafa ostracon
Also known as: Qeiyafa ostracon
Five-line alphabetic inscription whose collation, language, reading, and genre remain disputed.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1050 BCE–970 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · proposes interpretation
The Khirbet Qeiyafa Ostracon: A New Collation Based on the Multispectral Images, with Translation and Commentary — Brian Donnelly-Lewis (2022)Provides a recent full reading and legal-summons interpretation.
Locator: multispectral collation, lines 1-5 - informs · dates
Absolute Chronology of Khirbet Qeiyafa — Yosef Garfinkel, Katharina Streit, Saar Ganor, Michael G. Hasel (2015)Dates the context rather than the sherd directly.
Locator: radiocarbon-dated occupation context
Research description
Five-line alphabetic inscription whose collation, language, reading, and genre remain disputed. The text is evidence for its own date, genre, and reception; any event or identity inference is modeled separately.
Evidence and sources
- informs · proposes interpretation
The Khirbet Qeiyafa Ostracon: A New Collation Based on the Multispectral Images, with Translation and Commentary — Brian Donnelly-Lewis (2022)Provides a recent full reading and legal-summons interpretation.
Locator: multispectral collation, lines 1-5 - informs · dates
Absolute Chronology of Khirbet Qeiyafa — Yosef Garfinkel, Katharina Streit, Saar Ganor, Michael G. Hasel (2015)Dates the context rather than the sherd directly.
Locator: radiocarbon-dated occupation context
Referenced records
- Southern Levant · entity