Lachish Ostraca Script with East-Syriac Reading Lachish East-Syriac Transliteration Numerical Ostraca Script Reading Value Value ) õāla õ 1 b bēṯ b 2 g gāmal g 3 d dālaṯ/d d 4 h hē h 5 w wāw w 6 z zay(n) z 7 x ḥēṯ ḥ 8 + ṭēṯ ṭ 9 y yō/ūd y 10 k kā k 20 l lāmad l 30 m mīm m 40 n nūn n 50 s semkaṯ s 60 ( Õē Õ 70 p pē p 80 c ṣādē ṣ 90 q qō q 100 r rēš r 200 $ šīn š 300 t taw t 400 Author: Ashur Cherry York University Title: Lachish Ostraca Script with East-Syriac Reading Publisher: Toronto, Ontario Copyright: 2007 Ref. No.: 940 References Healey, John F. “Phoenician, Hebrew and Aramaic scripts.” The Early Alphabet. Berkeley: University of California Press, ©1990. p. 29. Hetzron, Robert. (Editor) The Semitic Languages. New York: Routledge, ©1997. p. 35. Naveh, Joseph. Early History of the Alphabet: An Introduction to West Semitic Epigraphy and Palaeography. 2nd rev. ed. Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, ©1987. p. 98. Dedication I dedicate all my work published in 2007 to His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos-Patriarch of The Assyrian Church of the East, with love and respect.