One of the #Hebrew inscriptions from the OG ספרד, the capital of Lydia, from the Middle Roman Empire. 'I, Shemarya son of Eliyahu wrote [this].'
The aleph-lamed ligature is that old? Huh
If that's what it is! I didn't read in detail but Cross talks about loss of initial א and the weird shape of the ל, but maybe we can combine those.