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Seal of Shelomit, with Two Men Flanking an Altar
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This black stone seal, from the City of David in Jerusalem, depicts two bearded men with their hands raised in a gesture of worship, flanking an altar or pedestal. The crescents on the altar or…

Places:

City of David, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIB–IIC, Mid-8th–Mid-7th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Prayer, Ritual object, Economic life, Language and linguistics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Seals
Stone seal with two bearded men with their hands raised flanking an altar or pedestal with crescents above and below their hands, and Hebrew inscription at bottom.
Approbation for a Printing House
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“That which is well known needs no proof,” and the root cause is the skilled operating of the printing shop in the holy community of Żółkiew [Zhovkva], may the Rock preserve it, which was established…

Contributor:

The Council of the Four Lands

Places:

Lublin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Lublin, Poland)

Date:

1699

Subjects:

Bible, Economic life, Language and linguistics, Translation, Print

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Law