LMLK--List of Updates to this Website (Archive #3)
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August-December, 2002

December 30, 2002
  • Revised all seal drawings with thinner lines.
December 28, 2002
  • Added "Le Iscrizioni Antico-Ebraiche Palestinesi" to Bibliography section of the Publications page.
December 27, 2002
December 24, 2002
  • Added Jerusalem (JQE) ID# 2673/1 to Stratigraphy page.
  • Added "Kingdom of Hezekiah" by Hooker, "Studies in the Iconography" by Parayre & Sass, "Underground Jerusalem" by Vincent to Bibliography section of the Publications page; revised the first top-register impression from 1912 to 1911 in the Milestones section.
  • Added "Jewish Quarter Excavations vol. I" to Errata page.
December 23, 2002
  • Noted Barkay's 3 recommended amendments to Lemaire's classification on Typologies page.
  • Revised Avigad's Jerusalem Jewish Quarter sub-quantities on Corpus page.
  • Added Jerusalem (JQE) to Stratigraphy page.
  • Added "Jewish Quarter Excavations vol. I" to the Bibliography section of the Publications page; added its 42 photos to their respective impression pages.
December 19, 2002
  • Moved Ramat Rahel #8105-2 impression from the x4L to the H4L page.
  • Moved Ramat Rahel #5667-1 impression from the x4C to the H4C page.
  • Moved Ramat Rahel #1043-2 & #8008-1 impressions from the x4C to the Z4CI page.
  • Note:  Enough impression photos are now available to safely identify these fragments without their bottom registers.
December 18, 2002
  • Added impressions from "Hebrew Scripts p. 2" to M2U & Z2U pages.
  • Added description of Barkay's arrow system to Orientation section of Jars page.
  • Added x4C photo to Circles page.
  • Added both M2T mems to Paleography page.
  • Added Lux's Jerusalem sub-quantities to Corpus page.
  • Added "Hebrew Scripts p. 1 & 2" to the Bibliography section of the Publications page.
December 14, 2002
  • Added 7.e.20 (MLK=Yahweh) to Theories page.
  • Added Lachish to Pithoi section of Jars page.
  • Added Wohl Museum to Displays page.
December 3, 2002
November 30, 2002
  • Noted stray mark on the M2D page & revised its drawing.
  • Added "Canaan d'Apres", "Ephemeris fur Semitische Epigraphik", RB v8 #3 to the Bibliography section of the Publications page.
November 29, 2002
November 28, 2002
  • Added impression from "Proceedings vol. 32, 40th Session" to Z4CI page.
  • Added "List of Casts" (PEQ 7-1900 by Bliss), "Modern Research as Illustrating the Bible", PEQ 1-1901 (Wright & Conder), "Proceedings vol. 32, 40th Session" to the Bibliography section of the Publications page.
November 2, 2002
  • Removed redundant impression from "Eretz-Israel vol. 15" off the M4L page.
  • Added Jerusalem (MTM) to Stratigraphy page.
October 29, 2002
  • Added 3 more impressions from "Qedem 29" (#151, #159, #162) to the 2-x page.
  • Added sub-quantities to B. Mazar's Jerusalem handles on Corpus page & confirmed redundant "Qedem 29" on Z2D & Errata pages.
  • Added David Ussishkin, Felicity Cobbing, & Eilat Mazar to Credits page.
  • Created Archives #2 page.
October 27, 2002
October 26, 2002
October 13, 2002
October 5, 2002
  • Confirmed the identification of impression #7-7 as Z2U (formerly shown on the 2-x page).
  • Added uniqueness note to top of M4C page.
  • Added Type SCC note by Bliss to Composition section of Jars page.
  • Noted the first 2- & 4-winged specimens (1870 & 1899) in the Milestones section of the Publications page.
  • Added Bliss' ID numbers to First Handles page.
October 2, 2002
  • Noted possible word divider dot on M2U page & revised its drawing.
September 28, 2002
  • Added Debir to Stratigraphy page.
  • Added RB vol. 82 #1 & "Studies in the Iron Age Pottery of Israel" to the Bibliography section of the Publications page.
  • Added 1916 corpus to Milestone section of Publications page & revised Trend chart on Corpus page.
  • Added alternate depth locations & 2 handles without ID numbers to First Handles page & updated Warren's sub-quantities on Corpus page.
September 27, 2002
  • Added Keilah sub-quantities on Corpus page.
  • Added "Denkmaler Palastinas", "Mambre", "Repertoire d'Epigraphie Semitique" to the Bibliography section of the Publications page.
September 26, 2002
September 25, 2002
  • Added first top-register seal (1912) to Milestones section of Publications page.
September 22, 2002
  • Added "present location unknown" sub-category under "mostly unknown provenance" section of Corpus page.
September 21, 2002
September 18, 2002
  • Added Restoration Quarterly vol. 28 #1 to the Bibliography section of the Publications page.
September 15, 2002
  • Added "The Conquest of Lachish by Sennacherib" to the Bibliography section of the Publications page; integrated its H2U impression.
September 11, 2002
  • Deleted theories for the Beginning LMLK Period of Use (2.c.1 (David), 2 (Rehoboam), 3 (Jehoshaphat) since these were early speculations contradicted by overwhelming archaeological evidence; Macalister's assignment of MMST/ZYF to Joash & HBRN/SUKE to Ahaz were also without archaeological basis.
  • Added PEQ vol. 37 to the Bibliography section of the Publications page.
September 8, 2002
  • Added "Ain Shems Excavations (Palestine) Part V (Text)", "Ancient Israel", "Ancient Near East in Pictures", BA vol. 30 #2 to the Bibliography section of the Publications page; also revised "Guide to Israel" comments by noting unusual Gath M2D drawing.
September 7, 2002
  • Added "Messages from the Past" & "Underground Jerusalem" to the Bibliography section of the Publications page.
  • Added photos & revised descriptions on Bullae page.
September 2, 2002
  • Added drawing of Phoenician marble column icon to 7.b.3 on Theories page.
  • Added photos from BASOR 142 (M2U), "Eretz-Israel vol. 17" (Z2D), "Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities vol. 14" (M2D) to their respective impression pages.
  • Added pronunciations for Strong's 4427-4432 to Generic page.
  • Noted mirrored photo on Jar 7202-2 page.
  • Added specific type listings for Moresheth-Gath & Azekah to Corpus page; added sub-quantities for C.N. Johns (Jerusalem).
  • Added Hurvat Shilhah to Stratigraphy page.
  • Added "Ancient Inscriptions", BASOR 142, "Eretz-Israel vol. 17", "History of Art in Phoenicia", IEJ vol. 8 #2, PEQ vol. 13, "Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities vol. 14", "Timnah--A Biblical City" to the Bibliography section of the Publications page; removed 4 BAR articles regarding Sennacherib's campaigns & King Hezekiah's seals that did not have significant LMLK content.
  • Added "Timnah--A Biblical City" to Errata page.
  • Added Gezer drawing to LMLK Weights page.
September 1, 2002
  • Added verses & info for Strong's 4427-4431 to Generic page.
August 24, 2002
  • Added cartoons to Biblical Accounts & Jars pages.
  • Revised G2T, H4L, M2D, M2T, Z4CY drawings.
  • Revised Unstamped Lachish Jar page confirming that it is unstamped.
  • Added PEQ vol. 25 (January 1893) to the Bibliography section of the Publications page; corrected a mistake therein for IEJ vol. 14 #3 that had mismatched 5 handles from Arad to En Gedi; made corresponding correction to Corpus page.
  • Added handle ID# details to bottom of First Handles page & updated sub-quantities on Corpus page.
  • Divided these updates to create a separate Archives (#1) page for faster downloads.
August 18, 2002
August 11, 2002
  • Noted alternative interpretation of horizontal strokes on Incised LMLK Jar page.
August 4, 2002
  • Noted quantities in Pithoi section of Jars page.
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