Moses in the scriptorium | Bible, Hagenau ca. 1441-1449 (Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. Germ. 19, fol. 141v)
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Each half of the tablet has a column with the pronunciation of a given #sign, its name, its graph, and its #Akkadian pronunciation. pic.twitter.com/Zd3ctZ1gaP
— Oriental Institute (@orientalinst) 15 May 2017
A ninth-century flask from the shrine of St Menas in Egypt (featuring two camels)... found in Chesire! Now at @NortonPriory pic.twitter.com/WahNrTH6Y1
— Sihong Lin (@shlin28) 14 May 2017
Essays from our @MarginaliaROB Forum on Baker' Jew to be posted bit-by-bit over next weeks--first up Daniel Boyarin! https://t.co/6Dg8CuM7MI pic.twitter.com/XuKuc5Tgdn
— Annette Yoshiko Reed (@AnnetteYReed) 12 May 2017
Great Synagogue at Kafr Bir'im
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(Conder and Kitchener, Survey of Western Palestine vol. 1, 1881) pic.twitter.com/bwcGfjcG7v