Title of Governor on Jar from Kuntillet Ajrud
Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE
To/of the governor of the city.
Translated by , , and .
Shmuel
Aḥituv
Ze’ev
Meshel
Esther
Eshel
Jar with governor of the city inscription, Kuntillet Ajrud, Sinai Peninsula, late 9th or early 8th century BCE. The inscription reads: “To/of the governor of the city.” This title also appears in the Bible (2 Kings 23:8, where it is translated as “the city prefect”) and on a
bulla found at the City of David
.
.Notes
[If the preposition preceding the title means “to,” it would indicate that the jar (above, right) was sent to the governor of the city, the commander of the site. The title also appears in the Bible (2 Kings 23:8, where it is translated “the city prefect”) and on a bulla found at the City of David. See Dress and Adornment.—Eds.]
Credits
Title of Governor on Jar from Kuntillet Ajrud, in Shmuel Aḥituv, Esther Eshel, and Ze’ev Meshel, “The Inscriptions,” from Ze’ev Meshel, Kuntillet ʻAjrud (Horvat Teman): An Iron Age II Religious Site on the Judah Sinai Border, ed. Liora Freud, English style, John H. Tresman (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2012), Ajrud no. 2.4, p. 80. Used with permission of the publisher, Shmuel Aḥituv, and Ze’ev Meshel.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.
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