The comb is made of ivory and inscribed with the sentence: "May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard." Credit: Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority The oldest sentence written in ...
The oldest readable sentence written using the first alphabet has been found on the side of an ivory comb. The words are carefully inscribed in letters 1 to 3 millimetres wide and take the form of a ...