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Figures & data
Figure 1 Map of Jordan with the location of Tell al-Assara.
Figure 2 Aerial photo of Tell al-Assara with the location of the transect of the inscribed potsherd marked with red (photograph by Rebecca Banks; courtesy of APAAME).
Figure 3 The potsherd with inscription.
Figure 4 3D model of the inscribed sherd with Lambertian radiance scaling shader applied.
Figure 5 Sections of the incisions in the 3D model showing the two profile shapes.
Figure 6 Sherd with arrows indicating the direction and sequence of strokes.
Figure 7 Line drawing of the inscription on the potsherd.
Figure 8 A. Inscribed sherd from Tall al-ˁUmayri, Jordan. The bet and lamed of the inscription resemble those in the al-Assara inscription (after Herr Citation2000: 250); B. Inscribed sherd from Tell al-Mazār (detail from Yassine and Teixidor Citation1986: 46, fig. 1); C. Tell Beit Mirsim sherd with bt inscription. The inscription was incised after firing (after Albright Citation1943: pl. 60); D. Inscription reading btlmlk from Lachish, stratum III (redrawn from Tufnell Citation1953: fig. 7066).
