The Use of Hieratic Numerals in Hebrew Ostraca and the Shekel Weights
@article{Aharoni1966TheUO,
title={The Use of Hieratic Numerals in Hebrew Ostraca and the Shekel Weights},
author={Yohanan Aharoni},
journal={Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research},
year={1966},
volume={184},
pages={13 - 19}
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the direction of the symbols also changes in the various 8-shekel weights
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Not drawn in the facsimiles but clearly visible in the photographs which Prof. Cross was kind enough to show me
The hieratic sign has a more diagonal slant
interpreting correctly the numbers on the shekel weights in comparison with the Samaria ostraca