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Greetings and Other Matters
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Your son, Yehukal, sends his blessings for the welfare of Gedalyahu son of Elyair and for the welfare of your house. I bless you to YHWH. And now, behold my lord has done [ . . . ] May YHWH recompense…

Places:

Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)

Date:

Late 7th–Early 6h Century BCE

Subjects:

Military, Archaeology, Monarchy, Gentiles, Writing

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Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Crenellation from Ramat Rahel Palace
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Several stone crenellations, like the one shown in this computer reconstruction, with each of the upper layers shorter and narrower than the one below, were found broken into pieces at the palace at…

Places:

Ramat Rahel, Land of Israel (Ramat Rahel, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age II, Late 8th–Early 7th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Cities, Monarchy, Military

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture
Computer reconstruction of stone crenellations with three stacked stone blocks.
A Message from the King
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I reign in a[ll (Judah (or: the land)] Muster strength and [ . . . ] the king of Egypt to [ . . . ] Translated by Anson F. Rainey from Shmuel Aḥituv’s Hebrew edition.

Places:

Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)

Date:

Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE

Subjects:

Military, Monarchy, Archaeology

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters