Bible Archeology Discoveries

Trumpeting Place Inscription
Discovered: Jerusalem, Israel (1968)
From: (c. 70 AD)
Current Home: Israel Museum

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The Trumpeting Place inscription is an inscribed stone from the 1st century AD discovered in early excavations of the southern wall of the Temple Mount. The stone, shows just two complete words written in the Square Hebrew alphabet. The first word is translated as "to the place" and the second word "of trumpeting" or "of blasting" or "of blowing", giving the phrase "To the Trumpeting Place". Other words of the inscription are cut off.

The inscription is believed to be a directional sign for the priests who blew a trumpet announcing the beginning and end of the Shabbat in the Second Temple period. It is thought to have fallen from the southwest corner of the Temple Mount to the street below before its discovery

"the point where it was custom for one of the priests to stand and to give notice, by sound of trumpet, in the afternoon of the approach, and on the following evening of the close, of every seventh day".
Josephus The Jewish War (IV, ix, 12) as he describes a part of the Temple

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Notable Finds

Much of what is described in Bible text is lost to history, requiring readers to assume the historicity of the scriptures.

However, many of the places and events described in the Old and New Testaments are periodically corroborated by archeological finds.

Some finds simply help us to better understand things from the ancient world. However, others provide important evidence as to the truth of scripture regarding things about which there had previously been skepticism.

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