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Place of Origin and Names on Jar Handle from Gibeon
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Gibeon. Gedor. Azaryahu.

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Gibeon, Land of Israel (Gibeon, West Bank)

Date:

Early 6th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Economic life, Cities, Family

Categories:

Household objects
Jar handle inscribed with Hebrew.
Mesha Inscription
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I am Mesha son of Chemoshyat king of Moab, the Di-bonite. My father reigned over Moab thirty years and I reigned after my father. And I built this high place for Chemosh in the “citadel,” a high place…

Places:

Dibon, Moab (Amman, Jordan)

Date:

ca. 835 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Monarchy, Cities, Temple, Gravestones & tombs, Inscriptions

Categories:

Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Inscriptions
Stone with rounded top filled with Phoenician writing.
The Siloam Inscription
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[The matter of] the breakthrough: And this is the matter of the breakthrough. While [the hewers were swinging the] axe, each towards his companion, and while there were still three cubits to he[w…

Places:

Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

End of 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Labor, Cities, Technology, Writing, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Piece of wall inscribed with Hebrew.