Antiquities in the Middle East region face various threats, including illicit trade, theft, and forgery. This research
examines a leather manuscript obtained by the Palestinian Tourist Police following the arrest of an antiquities
smuggler. The manuscript contains Phoenician inscriptions along with symbols such as the Menorah, Shofar, and a
plant branch. Radiocarbon dating using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) techniques determined the
manuscript’s date to be post-1950 CE. Therefore, the results indicate that the manuscript is a modern forgery, likely
created for commercial purposes. Additionally, the text contains several grammatical errors, further supporting the
conclusion that it is not an authentic historical artifact

العنوان

Loay

الناشر

Cambridge University Press

بلد الناشر

الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية

Indexing

Scopus

معامل التأثير

1,3

نوع المنشور

Both (Printed and Online)

المجلد

--

السنة

2025

الصفحات

1-6