Gezer Calendar Script (10th Century B.C.E.) with Hebrew Reading Gezer Calendar Hebrew Transliteration Numerical Script Reading Value Value a A õle õ 1 b B bēṯ b 2 gmel g 3 d D dleṯ d 4 hē h 5 w W wāw w 6 z Z záyin z 7 x X ḥēṯ ḥ 8 ṭēṯ ṭ 9 y Y yōd y 10 k K kā k 20 l L lmed l 30 m M mēm m 40 nūn n 50 s S smek s 60 [ { Õáyin Õ 70 p P pē p 80 c C ṣādē ṣ 90 q Q qō q 100 r R rēš r 200 v V šīn š 300 t T tāw t 400 Author: Ashur Cherry York University Title: Gezer Calendar Script (10th Century B.C.E.) with Hebrew Reading Publisher: Toronto, Ontario Copyright: 2008 Ref. No.: 3088 References Diringer, David. “Development of early Hebrew alphabet.” The Alphabet: A Key to the History of Mankind. Third Edition. Volume 2. London: Hutchinson, ©1968. p. 161. 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. 77. Dedication I dedicate all my work published in 2008 to His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos-Patriarch of The Assyrian Church of the East, with love and respect.