jan 1, 586 BC - Ketef Hinnom Scrolls, the oldest writings that may be proto-scripture.

Description:

These scrolls contain a few lines of text that may have inspired modern canonical scripture.

"-" means the letter is illegible.
"״X״" means it is most likely the letter within the quotes
"״X/X״" means it could plausibly be either letter within the quotes.

The first scroll, KH1, reads:
--- יהו״ה״
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״א״הב הבר
-חסד-לאה-
-״ב/ל״שמרי-
---בך-
-חה״ע/ב״למש
בה--המכל-
-ומהרע-
כיבוגאל-
הכי יהוה-
שי״מ/נ״מו-
כור יבר
ך יהוה ״ו״
״י״שמרך

The second scroll, KH2, reads:
הברו״כ״--
-״א/ו״ניהו-
ר יהו(ו)-
-״ר/ד״עה--
-שיברכ
יהוה ו
(י)שמרכ
יאר יה
(וה) פניו
(אל)יך וי
שם לך ש
לו(מ)--
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-- --
--כם--
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-ור-ן-
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These scrolls were written in Middle-Paleo Hebrew. Due to content restrictions, it is being shown using the Hebrew Block-Script (Modern Hebrew Script).

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