ELEVEN WEST SEMITIC TERRACOTTA STAMPED AMPHORA HANDLES
ANCIENT JUDAICA FROM THE COLLECTION OF DANIEL M. FRIEDENBERG
ELEVEN WEST SEMITIC TERRACOTTA STAMPED AMPHORA HANDLES

CIRCA 8TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.

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ELEVEN WEST SEMITIC TERRACOTTA STAMPED AMPHORA HANDLES
Circa 8th-2nd Century B.C.
Including one circa 8th century B.C. with a seal impression of a four-winged solar-disk and an inscription reading, "Belonging to the king from Socoh;" another circa 8th century B.C. with a four-winged solar-disk and an inscription reading, "Belonging to the king from Ziph;" two circa 8th-6th century B.C., each with a four-winged solar-disk and an inscription reading, "Belonging to the king from Hebron;" one circa 7th century B.C., with a four-winged solar-disk and an inscription reading, "Belonging to the king from MMST," a location in the Northern Negev; one circa 8th-6th century B.C., with a private seal reading, "Jechezicha [b.] Tanchum;" one circa 8th-6th century B.C. with a private seal, preserving the name, "Yavneh;" one circa 7th-6th century B.C., with a private seal reading, "Nachum [b.] Obadi[ahu];" one with an eight-petalled rosette; one circa 3rd century B.C., with a five-pointed star of Jerusalem; and one circa 3rd-2nd century B.C. with the royal emblem of Judea, reading, "Yehud"
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) long for the largest (11)

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