Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

Dear Karl,

> I saw pictures of this stone first in books, and on the
> following URL:
>
> http://www.viewzone.com/FTscandanavia.html (top picture
> only)
>
> Had I not seen pictures of this stone previously in books,
> I would not have given it a second thought as by the time
> I reached this page, I had come to the conclusion that for
> the most part, the writer didn't know what he was talking
> about. In other words, I think the site as a whole is
> weird, and I don't recommend it. This is the only picture
> of this stone that I know of on line. If someone knows of
> another picture of this stone on line, on a more kosher
> site, please let us know.
>
> I suspect that this is a later example of proto-Sanaitic,
> as the letters seem somewhat more stylized than earlier
> examples: the ayin a simple circle, lamed a straight line,
> hey like a Vee instead of a jumping man, waw upside down
> from what is later, mem an outlined "C", resh just an arc,
> beit an arc with hooks at top and bottom, and the whole
> alphabet is not shown.
>
> I know not everyone will agree with me, but I read the
> text as L( QBR Z LHSR H(DW DMYT LMRT .


HH: Thanks for the link, but how do you know this petroglyph is 
proto-Sinaitic? I can't seem to find any explanatory text about it on 
the website.

                                        Yours,
                                        Harold Holmyard