Study reveals two writers penned landmark inscriptions in eighth-century BCE Samaria
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

The ancient Samaria ostraca-eighth-century BCE ink-on-clay inscriptions unearthed at the beginning of the 20th century in Samaria, the capital of the biblical kingdom of Israel-are among the earliest collections of ancient Hebrew writings ever discovered. But despite a century of research, major aspects of the ostraca remain in dispute, including their precise geographical origins-either Samaria or its outlying villages-and the number of scribes involved in their composition.