The lead researcher, Yosef Garfinkel of Hebrew University, spoke to The Associated Press.

希伯来大学的首席研究员约瑟夫·加芬克尔接受了美联社的采访。

" It is a very human text, " Garfinkel said.

“这是一个非常人性化的文本，”加芬克尔说。

The find opens up the debate about the ancient time period, Garfinkel added.

加芬克尔补充称，这一发现开启了关于古代时期的辩论。

Garfinkel said earlier findings contained just a few letters, maybe a word here and there.

加芬克尔说，更早些的发现只包含几个字母，可能这里一个词，那里一个词。

Garfinkel said it could suggest that only wealthy men were able to read and write.

加芬克尔称这可能表明只有富人才有读写能力。

" It shows that even in the most ancient phase there were full sentences" Garfinkel added.

“这表明，即使在人类发展最古老的阶段，也出现了完整的句子。”

So I called Professor Garfinkel and I said: 'We have letters! '

所以我打电话给加芬克尔教授， 我说：“我们有信！