Algorithmic handwriting analysis of the Samaria inscriptions illuminates bureaucratic apparatus in biblical Israel

Shira Faigenbaum-Golovin; Arie Shaus; Barak Sober; Eli Turkel; Eli Piasetzky; Israel Finkelstein

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0227452

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Algorithmic handwriting analysis of the Samaria inscriptions illuminates bureaucratic apparatus in biblical Israel

Shira Faigenbaum-Golovin ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: shirafaigen@gmail.com (SF-G); ashaus@post.tau.ac.il (AS); barakino@math.duke.edu (BS)

Affiliation Department of Applied Mathematics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Arie Shaus ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: shirafaigen@gmail.com (SF-G); ashaus@post.tau.ac.il (AS); barakino@math.duke.edu (BS)

Affiliations Department of Applied Mathematics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3727-2774

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Barak Sober ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: shirafaigen@gmail.com (SF-G); ashaus@post.tau.ac.il (AS); barakino@math.duke.edu (BS)

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5090-5551

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Eli Turkel,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Applied Mathematics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Eli Piasetzky,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Israel Finkelstein

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Algorithmic handwriting analysis of the Samaria inscriptions illuminates bureaucratic apparatus in biblical Israel

Shira Faigenbaum-Golovin,
Arie Shaus,
Barak Sober,
Eli Turkel,
Eli Piasetzky,
Israel Finkelstein

Published: January 22, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227452

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