Michael Welch's #80 LMLK Handle

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Description by Michael Welch:  #80 One-third jar handle. Pottery color is pinkish red-brick, with white grits throughout and a black core. Bears a type M2D impression. There are one or two fingerprint impressions and or fingernail deformations above the seal on the handle's edge, probably made by the Royal Official doing the stamping of the seal. Out of LMLK on the top, the Mem, second Lamed and the Kaph are clear. Out of MMST on the bottom, traces of the second Mem remain, the Shin and Tau are clear. Around two-thirds of the two-winged sun disc emblem remains, including most of the three rays of the sun on the top, traces of the circle of the sun in the middle, and traces of the three rays of the sun on the bottom.

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This page was created on June 3, 2003, & last updated on June 3, 2003