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Confession of a former christian

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Legend
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05-20-2008 4:48 AM

earliest Greek text
Apologies if someone's already mentioned this, but the excavations at Osteria dell'Osa (ancient Gabii) in Latium, Central Italy, provide some evidence of the written Greek alphabet in use circa 8th c. BC.
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05-22-2008 11:36 AM 		Reply to: Message 186 by IamJoseph
05-22-2008 5:44 AM

Re: Bullshitting?
...and would be more convinced with some actual alphabetical greek writings pre-300 BCE, the date they translated the OT to Greek. Shocking that this is not available...
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the Dipylon inscription is dated around 720 BC.
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It's also a great example of the evolutionary descent of the modern Greek alphabet from its phoenician roots.
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