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== Archaeology ==
A [[Samaritans|Samaritan]] inscription on a stone lintel was discovered in Al-Sindiyana, featuring 12 lines of [[Samaritan script]], referencing the initial section of the [[Shema|Shema prayer]], following the [[Samaritan Pentateuch|Samaritan version]] of [[Book of Deuteronomy|Deuteronomy]] 6:4-9, with notable variations from the [[Masoretic Text|Masoretic text]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=
The stone, measuring 25 cm in height and 40 cm in width, was found inserted into a wall above the entrance of a modern house in Al-Sindiyana. The inscription, written in dots-separated words, includes a mention of the city's name "Geva" in [[Hebrew alphabet|Jewish script]]. The inscription concludes with lines suggesting a possible date, mentioning the "reign of [[Ishmael]]" (reference to [[Arabs|Arab]] rule), potentially dating the text to shortly after the [[Muslim conquest of the Levant|Muslim conquest]] in the seventh century AD.<ref name=":0" />
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