The Final Report of the Examining Committees for the Yehoash Inscription and James Ossuary, issued by the Israel Antiquities Authority in 2003, is the official conclusion of the government committees empanelled to examine both artifacts, finding that the second, later-added portion of the ossuary's inscription is a modern forgery, a position the IAA maintained through the subsequent criminal trial. Its authority rests on the IAA's statutory role as Israel's antiquities authority and on the technical examination its committees conducted. It concerns the inscription's authenticity specifically, not the ossuary object's own age, which independent analyses have treated as a separate question.
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The Final Report of the Examining Committees for the Yehoash Inscription and James Ossuary, issued by the Israel Antiquities Authority in 2003, the top tier reflecting the official conclusion of government committees empanelled to examine both artifacts, resting on the IAA's statutory role as Israel's antiquities authority and on the technical examination its committees conducted. It concerns the inscription's authenticity specifically, not the ossuary object's own age, which independent analyses have treated as a separate question. NotesThe 2003 IAA committees concluded the second part of the ossuary inscription is a modern forgery, a position the IAA maintained after the trial.
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AuthorIsrael Antiquities Authority
PublisherIsrael Antiquities Authority
Publication Year2003
URLhttps://www.bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/IAA_Report
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