Amulet with Possible Hebrew Inscription Discovered on Mt. Ebal

Associates of Biblical Research

Amulet with Possible Hebrew Inscription Discovered on Mt. Ebal, ABR, Bryan Windle, 1/28/2022

An amulet that was recently recovered from the site known as Joshua’s Altar on Mt. Ebal appears to contain the Hebrew letter aleph, along with a mark resembling a lotus flower. The amulet, was discovered during the Mt. Ebal Dump Salvage project conducted by Associates for Biblical Research under the direction of Dr. Scott Stripling in December 2019 - January 2020. The project included wet-sifting of the dump material from Adam Zertal’s excavations on Mt. Ebal in the 1980’s...