Abstract
A stamp seal bearing the image of a roaring lion and a Hebrew legend was found during the excavations of the Western Wall Plaza, Jerusalem. It is the first seal with a lion motif to be published from Iron Age II Jerusalem, and one of only a few from Judah bearing a lion motif. Two other glyptic finds include a fragment of a scaraboid, inscribed in Hebrew, and a bulla, with a palmette and traces of a Hebrew inscription. These finds are an important addition to the growing corpus of both inscribed and uninscribed seals that have been unearthed in Jerusalem in recent years.
Keywords
Jerusalem, Iron Age, epigraphy, art, glyptics, iconography, deity, Yahweh
Recommended Citation
Ornan, Tallay; Weksler-Bdolah, Shlomit; Kisilevitz, Shua; and Sass, Benjamin
(2012)
"“The Lord Will Roar from Zion” (Amos 1:2): The Lion as a Divine Attribute on a Jerusalem Seal and Other Hebrew Glyptic Finds from the Western Wall Plaza Excavations (pp. 1*–13*),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 72, Article 1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1585
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol72/iss1/1
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