Tal el-Dweer is located in the southern lowlands region, known as the Canaanite city of Lachish. Numerous ancient writings have been discovered at the site, including a comb bearing an ancient inscription dating back to the beginning of the alphabet in Palestine. In 2017, a Canaanite inscription was found engraved on a comb (2.5 cm X 3.5 cm) made of elephant ivory imported from the Nile Valley. The text consists of 17 characters, forming 7 words written in three horizontal lines. The inscription was unearthed during excavations at Tel el-Dweer (Lachish) in 2017, dating back to 1700 BCE. Researchers discovered lice remains between the comb's teeth. The text contains the oldest documented complete Canaanite verbal sentence to date, indicating the use of Canaanite writing in daily life, not limited to political, religious, or commercial elites. The inscription is written as a wish, stating: "I wish that this comb kills the lice of hair and beard," as follows:

Line 1: Let this comb kill

Line 2: the lice of hair and bear

Line 3: d