The First Written Sentence in ‘Canaan’ Language Has Been Discovered!

B.C. Spoken in the Ancient Near East, which emerged in the late 2000s, including present-day Israel and the Palestinian territories. Canaanite (or Canaanite) An important discovery has been made about The language, which has very few written remains until today, was seen for the first time in a sentence structure.

The discovery was made by an Israeli team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The phrase was discovered on a dredge excavated in the Tel Lachish region of Israel in 2017. The sentence contained a wish for those who used the comb.

The comb discovered and the inscription on it:

The inscription on this comb, which was found to be made of ivory ivory, reads:Let this tooth root out hair and beard lice.” were included. Therefore, the comb was especially used to protect the health of the hair.

The teeth of the comb, which was 3.5 x 2.5 centimeters in size, were largely broken. The side of the comb, which was on the upper part of the image and was observed to be broken, contained 6 thick teeth. This side of the comb was used to untangle the hair, while the other side was used to get rid of lice.

If the sentence on the comb is The first sentence found in the Canaanite language went down in history. However, the comb was also the first item to have an inscription describing the purpose of the ancient items in the region.