"The middle register reads “leyesha‘yah[u]” (Hebrew: לישעיה[ו]; [belonging] ‘to Isaiah’), where the damaged left end most likely included the letter vav (w; Hebrew: ו). The lower register reads “nvy” (Hebrew: נבי), centered. The damaged left end of this register may have been left empty, as on the right, with no additional letters, but it also may have had an additional letter, such as an aleph (’ ; Hebrew: א), which would render the word nvy’ (Hebrew: נביא), ‘prophet’ in Hebrew.”
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