09-27-2003, 08:45 PM
Shlama Akhay,
Here is an image of from the 1st century AD in Hatra, Assyria (just south of Nineveh) during the Parthian period.
Notice the Aramaic inscription on the left - this is the ancestor of the "Ktav Ashuri" script beautifully preserved for us till today! <!-- s
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![[Image: hatrafalcon.jpg]](http://www.peshitta.org/images/hatrafalcon.jpg)
Here is an image of from the 1st century AD in Hatra, Assyria (just south of Nineveh) during the Parthian period.
Notice the Aramaic inscription on the left - this is the ancestor of the "Ktav Ashuri" script beautifully preserved for us till today! <!-- s
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