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Photo Study II

[Ebal’s Plea eighteen of thirty-two]

Our photo study begins.

From tomographic scans revealing an inside face of the tablet, we first assess the presence of an intimidating word. That is “ARWR” or “cursed”, one of the two words fundamental to Stripling’s conclusions.

In the Scientific Heritage article Gershon Galil identified this word six times on the inner tablet. Of these we will, for brevity, focus on only one.

The article’s Figure 7 shows Galil’s drawings of the tablet’s inner symbols. (Henceforth, click on underscored items to see referenced material.)

You see our word on the right annotated drawing. It is numbers 25 through 28.

“ARWR’s” proto-alphabetic spelling is “Aleph”, Resh”, “Wah”, and “Resh”.

Here is what they 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.
• “Waw” and “Resh” can be easily confused. But “Waw” replicates a mace, an ancient weapon consisting of a heavy object fastened to a handle used to bash an enemy’s skull, bones, and armor.

Tables 2 through 9 show tomographic scans of all of the tablet’s letters. Beside each appears the Stripling team’s drawing replicating it.

To study our “ARWR” do as follows:

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

Importantly note one thing about the photos and drawings of Tables 2-9. These mirror the drawings of Figure 7. In other words, one must be viewed in a mirror to correspond with the other’s alignment. Otherwise they appear backwards.

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

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

Do you agree?

Note that the photo of our “resh” slants right and the photo of the negative slants left. Is not this what one would expect of a negative?

Guess what?

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

Surely you found it easy enough.

Nevertheless, ponder this post closely.

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

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

Next post: “YHW,” Yahweh