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Seals from numerous sites in ancient Israel and elsewhere in the Levant have schematic depictions of two or three people with hands linked or raised, reaching toward each other. All the members of the…
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Abel Beth Maachah, Land of Israel
(Tel Avel Bet Ma‘akha, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, 9th Century BCE
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The backs of many bullas, like those shown here from the City of David in Jerusalem, have impressions of the strings that once tied the rolled document and marks from the papyrus fibers of the…
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, Second Half of 7th–Early 6th Century BCE
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This seal, found in En Gedi, is made of brown mottled dolerite and decorated with lines and dots that surround and separate the names.
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‘En Gedi, Land of Israel
(‘En Gedi, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, End of 7th–Beginning of 6th Century BCE
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The rosette, impressed on a jar handle here, may have been a royal insignia during the last decades of the Judean monarchy, around the late seventh century BCE. It was found at Ramat Rahel, an…
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Ramat Rahel, Land of Israel
(Ramat Rahel, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, Last Third of 7th Century BCE
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This image, found at En Gedi, depicts a prancing or galloping horse with its head and right foreleg raised. The high level of skill shown in the realistic engraving makes it one of the finest seals…
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‘En Gedi, Land of Israel
(‘En Gedi, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, End of 7th–Beginning of 6th Century BCE
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Samaria, Land of Israel
(Samaria, Israel)
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Persian Period, 4th Century BCE
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Iron Age, 12th–6th Century BCE
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Found in Jerusalem in the plaza of the Western Wall and possibly made of limestone, the top register of this seal contains a garland of four pomegranates, one of which was damaged when the seal was…
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, 7th Century BCE
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This seal, found at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem, shows a uraeus or upright cobra with four wings. Modeled on the black-necked cobra that applies its venom both by biting and spitting, it was…
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB–IIC, Late 8th–7th Century BCE
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Rehob, Land of Israel
(Tel Reḥov, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, 9th Century BCE