Gezer
Extinct languageLanguage Information
The Gezer Calendar is a small limestone tablet discovered in 1908 at the ancient city of Gezer, west of Jerusalem in modern Israel. It is one of the oldest known inscriptions in a Hebrew or closely related Canaanite language, dating to the 10th century B.C.
The inscription lists the months of the agricultural year by their tasks, such as sowing, harvesting, and pruning. It is written in the early Paleo-Hebrew (Phoenician-style) alphabet and is important for the study of the early Hebrew language and alphabet. The original is in the Istanbul Archaeology Museums.
The inscription lists the months of the agricultural year by their tasks, such as sowing, harvesting, and pruning. It is written in the early Paleo-Hebrew (Phoenician-style) alphabet and is important for the study of the early Hebrew language and alphabet. The original is in the Istanbul Archaeology Museums.
- Language Family
- Afro-Asiatic (Hamito-Semitic)
- Subgroup
- Semitic
- Branch
- Northwest Semitic
- Subbranch
- Canaanite