Comments for Ramat Rachel Archaeological Dig

Comment on 24.07.08 – day 4 by Keren

Keren — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:16:20 +0000

Sorry, what’s written above is all I know about the Persian stamps. If you want to know more you can contact Prof. Lipschits at lipschit@post.tau.ac.il

Comment on 24.07.08 – day 4 by francesco bianchi

francesco bianchi — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:38:07 +0000

Which kind of stamps dating from the Persian Period did you find? Do they have a exact stratigraphy? I would like to know more as I wrote my Graduation thesis and my Ph.D. thesis about the yhwd stamps. Thanks francesco bianchi

Comment on 24.07.08 – day 4 by Keren

Keren — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:55:38 +0000

I’m afraid I don’t, but Prof. Lipschits ought to. I sent him an email telling him you asked.

Comment on 24.07.08 – day 4 by G.M. Grena

G.M. Grena — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:40:30 +0000

Thanks for the alternate shot! Do you have any alternates or close-ups of the other 3 handles that were in that row of 4 … the ones you described as “Assyrian, Persian and perhaps even pre-Assyrian”?

Comment on 24.07.08 – day 4 by Keren

Keren — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:52:21 +0000

Thanks for the links!

Sorry about the angle and lack of proper focus – my camera’s not very good, and neither was the lighting when I took the picture. Here’s the other shot of it that I have (not as good, unfortunately). I’m sure the staff will have some better pictures once they publish this season’s findings.

Comment on 24.07.08 – day 4 by G.M. Grena

G.M. Grena — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:26:07 +0000

In my opinion, this "very fine lmlkh" in your photo is the best known specimen of this type, which I call the "H2U" (HBRN, 2-winged, undivided inscription; Lemaire's type "H IIa"; Welten's type "H IIB 1"). Here's a link to my LMLK Museum page with photos of the best specimens of the 21 known types. Prior to your team's find, the best one I had seen was from Lachish locus 4343 during David Ussishkin's excavations. Here's a link to my line-drawing of the H2U design, along with all the other published specimens. It would be nice to get a better photo of that handle with the camera lens parallel to the impression, rather than on a skewed angle. Congratulations! If Prof. Lipschits doesn't read your blog, please send my regards for continued success!