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scaraboid
Object Type
scaraboid
Museum number
160028
Description
Pink limestone scaraboid seal with incised two line inscription (private name) and tubular perforation.
Cultures/periods
Iron Age
Production date
7thC BC-6thC BC
(?)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
J L Starkey
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Lachish
, Tomb 0106
Materials
limestone
Technique
incised
Dimensions
Diameter:
0.20 centimetres
(perforation)
Height:
0.50 centimetres
Length:
1.40 centimetres
Width:
1.50 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Found in seventh-sixth century context.
Bibliographic references
Avigad & Sass 1997a / Corpus of West Semitic Stamp Seals
(350)
Hooke 1934 / An Israelite Seal from Tell Duweir
Vincent 1939 / Les fouilles de Tell ed-Douweir
(428-429)
L.III / Lachish III: The Iron Age
(pl.45.171)
Diringer 1934 / Le iscrizioni antico-ebraiche palestinesi
(57)
Diringer 1941 / On Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions Discovered at Tell ed-Duweir (Lachish) I, II
(103)
Moscati 1951 / L'Epigrafia ebraica antica
(57)
Vattioni 1969-1971 / I sigilli ebraici
(57)
Location
On display
(G57/dc10)
Condition
slightly worn.
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Shebnâ
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Institute of Archaeology, London
Acquisition date
1980
Acquisition notes
From the Wellcome-Marston expedition of 1932-1938.
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
160028
Registration number
1980,1214.12011
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
FN.0328