“ARWR,” CURSED!

The Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet

Photo Study II

[Post eighteen of thirty]

Here we examine the first of our Curse Tablet photos.

From tomographic scans, we assess the presence of an intimidating word. That is “ARWR” or “cursed”. This is one of the two words fundamental to Stripling’s conclusion.

Note

This is the eighteenth post of my memorandum on the Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet. It is also the second of my photo study.

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“ARWR” Gershon Galil identified six times on the tablet’s inner face. Of these, we will focus on only one.

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Figure 7 of the article shows Galil’s drawings of the tablet’s inner symbols.

Our word on the annotated drawing is numbers 25 through 28.

Galil argues that”ARWR’s” proto-alphabetic spelling consisted of four letters. They are”Aleph”; “Resh”; “Wah”; and “Resh”.

Here is what those characters look like:

• “Aleph” looks like an ox’s skull;
• “Resh” often resembles a rhombus. Sometimes, though, it has a tail, making it resemble a kite.
• “One can confuse Waw” and “Resh”. But “Waw” replicates a mace, an ancient weapon consisting of a heavy object fastened to a handle. A combatant used it to bash an enemy’s skull, bones, and armor.

Tables 2 through 9 of Stripling’s article show tomographic scans of tablet’s letters. Next to each is the Stripling team’s replicating drawing.

To study our “ARWR,” do as follows:

• For “Aleph”, #25, see Table 2 (4a and b);
• For “Resh”, #26, see Table 8 (2a and b);
• For “Wah”, #27, see Table 4 (2a and b); and
• For “Resh”, #28, see Table 8 (3a and b).

Note that the photos of Tables 2-9 mirror drawings in Figure 7. In other words, you must view one in a mirror for them to correspond. Otherwise, they appear backwards.

Now see Table 10. It reveals several photos of “Outer B”, the tablet’s bottom.

Photo # 8 in Table 10 shows a protrusion. Stripling’s team identifies this as the negative of our first “Resh”-Figure 7 #26 and Table 8 (2a and b).

Do you agree?

Note that the photo of this “resh” slants right while the photo of the negative slants left. Is this what one would expect of a negative?

This concludes my presentation about our first word, “ARWR”/”Cursed”.

Did you find this easy?

Still, ponder this post with care.

Read it several times while also viewing the linked photos and drawings. Let it sink in!

Here is another question. Examine the tomographic scans of our “ARWR”? How well do the Stripling team’s drawings compare?

Let me know in the comment section below.

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In our next post, we turn to the supreme name, that of the Hebrew God.

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