The Inscription from Gezer at the School in Jerusalem

In the little museum of the School in Jerusalem there is a potsherd from the site of Gezer, picked up by Mr. Douglas James in December, 1929, on one of the School trips directed by Dean C. C. McCown. This sherd was published first by Professor Taylor of Toronto,' and was recognized by Professor Butin of the Catholic University of America, then in Jerusalem in connection with the Sinai expedition of Harvard University, as belonging to the class of inscriptions often called "proto-Sinaitic." 2 Three archaeological experts, Professor Fisher of the Schools, Pore Vincent, and Professor Garstang, independently pronounced the fragment to be Middle Bronze in date. When the writer saw it the following summer he agreed with their dating, and made some observations, often confirmed by reixamination, which should be communicated.