^{Page 792 note 1} It may be doubted also whether the construct plural would be plene scriptus.

^{Page 793 note 1} used absolutely is surprising and perhaps implies some special usage unknown to us (e.g. this was the designation of a high-priest, or of a priest-king in his sacred capacity as priest of Astarte, Amat-Ba'al being a priestess, and perhaps his wife ….).

^{Page 793 note 2} Sidonian colony (cf. Cooke, , op. cit., p. 95Google Scholar). From this point of view, perhaps, if the foundation was old, it would be a reasonable hypothesis that our script is from a Sidonian hand of about the seventh century. Anyway, the yod is not in all respects an indication of late date, for although its horizontal position has affinity only with late scripts, in shape it is related rather to the oldest known yod, that of the Ahiram sarcophagus.