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A double-line border surrounds the inscription on this seal, made of black paste or serpentine (a magnesium silicate), found at Arad. A central boss with flanking lotus buds separates the names…
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Arad, Land of Israel
(Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIC, 7th–6th Century BCE
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Hattusa, Hittite Empire
(Boğazkale Alaçahöyük Milli Parkı, Turkey)
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Bronze Age, 16th–14th Century BCE
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Your servant, Hoshayahu, sent to inform my lord, Yaush: May YHWH cause my lord to hear tidings of peace and tidings of good. And now, open the ear of your servant concerning the letter which you sent…
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Lachish, Land of Israel
(Tel Lakhish, Israel)
Date:
586 BCE
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[To my brother PN, your brother Islah.
It is well for me here]. May the gods seek after your welfare at all times. And now, . . . PN son of PN went to Syene and did/made . . . .
Behold, these are the…
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Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt
Date:
410–400 BCE
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Belonging to Gedalyahu “who is over the House.”
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Lachish, Land of Israel
(Tel Lakhish, Israel)
Date:
6th Century BCE
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Belonging to Hizkiyahu (Hezekiah), (son of) Ahaz, king of Judah.
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
7th Century BCE
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To/of the governor of the city.
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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel
(Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
Date:
Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE