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Storage Jar with Lamalekh Stamp
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Storage jar with lamelekh stamp, Lachish, late 8th century BCE. More than 2,500 large storage jars, with a capacity of 12 to 14 gallons each, have seal impressions on their handles with the word lamel…

Places:

Lachish, Land of Israel (Tel Lachish, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIB, Late 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Food and drink, Economic life, Writing

Categories:

Household objects
Large clay storage jar with stopper in neck and handle stamped with Hebrew letters.
About a Conflict with Edom
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Your son(s) Gemaryahu and Nehemyahu sent concerning the welfare of Malkiyahu. I bless you to YHWH. And now: Your [ser]vant has inclined his [he]art to what [you] sa[id, and I have written] to my lord…

Places:

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

Date:

Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE

Subjects:

Military, Archaeology, Writing, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Arad Letter (Order Concerning Rations)
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Arad letter (Order Concerning Rations), from the remains of the Judahite fortress at Arad, in the Negev, 7th or 6th century BCE. The Arad ostraca provide an impression of the provincial administration…

Places:

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

Date:

Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE

Subjects:

Military, Writing, Archaeology, Letters

Categories:

Letters, Firsthand accounts
Pottery fragment with Hebrew inscription.
Complaint about Demoralizing the Troops
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To my lord, Yaush, may YHWH cause my lord to see peace at this time! Who is your servant, a dog, that my lord sent him the king’s [lette]r [and] the letters of the officers, saying, “Please read!” And…

Places:

Lachish, Land of Israel (Tel Lakhish, Israel)

Date:

586 BCE

Subjects:

Military, Archaeology, Writing, Politics, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
The Gezer Tablet
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His two months, namely, ingathering; his two months, namely, seed (or: sowing); his two months, namely, late sowing; his month, namely, flax-cutting; his month, namely, barley harvest; his month…

Places:

Gezer, Land of Israel (Tel Gezer, Israel)

Date:

10th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Calendar, Agriculture, Writing, Gravestones & tombs

Categories:

Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Seal Impressions on Jar Handles from Tell Beit Mirsim, Beth Shemesh, and Ramat Rahel
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Belonging to Elyakim steward of Yokin [or Yawkin].

Places:

Beit Mirsim, Land of Israel (Tell Beit Mirsim, Israel)

Date:

Late 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Writing, Leadership
Four Bullas from the City of David
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[Belonging to Tobshillem/Tobshalem (?)] son of Zakkur the healer.

Places:

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

Date:

Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Health, Writing
Fiscal Bulla from Jerusalem
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In the seventh (year). Bethlehem. For the King. Translated by Ronny Reich.

Places:

Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Monarchy, Writing, Finance, Food and drink
Bulla from Beth Zur
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Belonging to Gealyahu son of the king. Translated by Nahman Avigad and Benjamin Sass.

Places:

Beth Zur, Land of Israel (Khirbat Ţubayqah, West Bank)

Date:

End of 7th–Beginning of 6th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Monarchy, Writing
Bulla of Gemaryahu son of Shaphan
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Bulla of Gemaryahu son of Shaphan, Jerusalem (City of David), late 7th or early 6th century BCE. This clay seal impression belonged to Gemaryahu, who was likely the scribe Gemariah son of Shaphan…

Places:

Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE

Subjects:

Writing, Scribal culture, Jerusalem, Archaeology
Round clay piece inscribed with Hebrew.