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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute.
One of the most important archaeological finds in history was the Dead Sea Scrolls1. These documents include some of the earliest written records of the Bible. Now archaeologists say they've found what they claim is the most significant archaeological discovery in Israel since those documents. They found a shard2 of pottery3 that's about 3,000 years old—a thousand years older than the Dead Sea Scrolls. This would have been about the time of the legendary4 King David.
Pottery inscribed5 with ink is called an ostracon. This ostracon was found in the oldest Judean city unearthed6 to date. Archaeologists say the city is near where David killed Goliath. It's south of current-day Beit Shemesh. The site has been excavated7 only since June of this year. Archaeologists say what they uncover at this site will help us learn more about life at the time of David.
The ostracon has five lines of text in black ink. It's written in Hebrew, making it the earliest Hebrew text ever found. Researchers have deciphered some of the words, including slave, judge and king. So it could be part of a legal code that might provide insight into early Hebrew civilization.
Thanks for the minute for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber.
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n.(常用于录写正式文件的)纸卷( scroll的名词复数 );卷轴;涡卷形(装饰);卷形花纹v.(电脑屏幕上)从上到下移动(资料等),卷页( scroll的第三人称单数 );(似卷轴般)卷起;(像展开卷轴般地)将文字显示于屏幕 | |
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n.(陶瓷器、瓦等的)破片,碎片 | |
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n.陶器,陶器场 | |
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4 legendary | |
adj.传奇(中)的,闻名遐迩的;n.传奇(文学) | |
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v.写,刻( inscribe的过去式和过去分词 );内接 | |
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出土的(考古) | |
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7 excavated | |
v.挖掘( excavate的过去式和过去分词 );开凿;挖出;发掘 | |
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