A Hebrew Inscription from Kom el-Dikka, Alexandria, Egypt

Abstract

Among the finds discovered in 1976 during the archaeological excavations at Kom el-Dikka, Alexandria, Egypt, was the upper part of an amphora with a partially preserved handle and a Hebrew inscription incised on the outside surface.1 The vessel had been made of red-orange clay with little admixture and covered with cream-yellow slip on both sides. The finishing is rough, the handle rather ill-shaped, and the neck as well as the rim of the vessel poorly elaborated. The sherd was found in disturbed context con-