4-Winged Icons with Cursory Inscriptions
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The seals on this page belong to David Diringer's Class 1.  Aside from the icon design (which has been described as "articulated", "natural", or "realistic"), the bottom of the first letter in the LMLK inscription is positioned close to the icon's Head whereas x4L types (Diringer's Class 2)) positions it near the Forewing tip.  In general, the inscriptions on these seals are best described as "cursory" or "crude" (i.e., they were incised rapidly with little attention to detail).

Click on the drawings to see photos of actual impressions!

Type H4C


Type M4C


Type x4C
(photos of 4-winged icons with cursory inscriptions that cannot be sub-classified)

Type Z4CI


Type Z4CY


"And He will set up a banner for the nations, & will assemble the outcasts of Israel, & gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four wings of the earth."--Isaiah 11:12
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