“ARWR”, “Cursed!”

The Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet

Facts

Stripling’s Claims

Photo Study II

[Post eighteen of thirty-three]

Here we examine the first of our Curse Tablet photos.

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

“ARWR” Gershon Galil has identified six times on the tablet’s inner face. We will focus on only one.

(Afterwards, click on the underscores to link photos, drawings, charts, etc.)

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

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

Galil argues that four proto-alphabetic letters spelled “ARWR.” 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, a heavy blunt object with a sturdy handle. A combatant used it to bash an enemy’s skull, bones, and armor. It can also be an ornate symbol of authority.

Tables 2 through 9 of Stripling’s article show tomographic scans of these letters. The Stripling team’s replicating drawing appears next to each.

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 the drawings in Figure 7. 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 to the right, while the photo of the negative slants to the 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 carefully.

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

Here is another question. Do the Stripling team’s drawings of our “ARWR” reflect the tomographic scans?

Let me know in the comment section below.

Next post: “YHW,” “Yahweh!”

To view the memorandum from the beginning, click here.

For the composite footnotes, click here.