Abstract
Four Hebrew seals were unearthed in an Iron Age II building excavated opposite the Western Wall, Jerusalem. All four seals are inscribed in Hebrew of the eighth–seventh centuries BCE, but each was executed by a different ‘hand’. One of the seals (No. 4) exhibits the image of a standing archer, inspired by Assyrian imagery, depicted here for the first time on a seal with a Hebrew inscription. The seals, and the pottery found in association with them, indicate that the building belonged to people of an upper class, possibly holding a high rank in the kingdom of Judah.
Keywords
epigraphy, glyptic, Assyrian art, Davidic dynasty
Recommended Citation
Ornan, Tallay; Weksler-Bdolah, Shlomit; Greenhut, Zvi; Sass, Benjamin; and Goren, Yuval
(2008)
"Four Hebrew Seals, One Depicting and Assyrian-Like Archer, from the Western Wall Plaza Excavations, Jerusalem (pp. 115–129),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 60, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1226
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol60/iss1/7
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