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Actual size:  32 x 22mm (1.3 x 0.9")

These impressions have been excavated from:
Note:  Stamp listings are in the following format:
Seal Type, Seal Orientation, Pottery Type, Incision Type

  1. S2U, 1:00, xxx, 0 from the "First Preliminary Report on the Excavations at Tel Gat" by Shemuel Yeivin:

  2. S2U, 2:00, SGx, 0 formerly owned by Robert Deutsch--present location unknown (LMLK Dotcom ID# 055; click for detailed photos):

  3. S2U, 3:00, AGC, 0 from a private collection in Redondo Beach (ID#57; click for detailed photos):

  4. S2U, 3:00, SGC, 0 from the private collection of Dan Gross (ID#2; click for detailed photos):

  5. S2U, 3:00, xxx, 0 from BASOR 223 by David Ussishkin (RAEL #406-70 on complete jar 10457 from Lachish):

  6. S2U, 3:00, xxx, 0 from "Eretz-Israel vol. 23" published by The Israel Exploration Society (#3):

  7. S2U, 3:00, xxx, 0 from Gezer at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum (click for detailed photos by Todd Bolen of BiblePlaces Dotcom):

  8. S2U, 3:00, xxx, 0 from Lachish, at the IAA (#1933-2107, RAEL #291; click for detailed photos):

  9. S2U, 3:00, xxx, 0 from "Syria vol. 6" by Rene Dussaud:

  10. S2U, 3:00, xxx, 0 from "Syria vol. 6" by Rene Dussaud:

  11. S2U, 3:00, xxx, 0 from "Excavations in Palestine During the Years 1898-1900" by Frederick Jones Bliss & R.A. Stewart Macalister (from Moresheth-Gath; IAA #P.1494):


    12. Note:  This impression also appears in:
    • "A History of Ancient Israel & Judah" by J. Maxwell Miller & John H. Hayes
    • BA vol. 30 #2 by H. Darrell Lance
    • BA vol. 35 #5 by A.R. Millard
    • BA vol. 38 #2 by Ephraim Stern
    • Bible & Spade vol. 2 #3 by A.R. Millard
    • "Bible Side-Lights from the Mound of Gezer" by R.A. Stewart Macalister
    • "Canaan d'Apres l'Exploration Recente" by Hugues Vincent
    • "Der Alt Orient 30. Band" by Peter Thomsen
    • "Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land vol. 3 (Ji-N)" by Michael Avi-Yonah, Ephraim Stern, & M. Broshi
    • "Le Iscrizioni Antico-Ebraiche Palestinesi" by David Diringer
    • "LMLK--A Mystery Belonging to the King vol. 1" by G.M. Grena
    • PSBA vol. 32 (March 1910) by E.J. Pilcher
    • "The Hebrew Scripts, Part Two, The Plates, 1954-1957" by Solomon A. Birnbaum

  12. S2U, 4:00, xxx, 0 from BASOR 223 by David Ussishkin (RAEL #405-69 on complete jar 10457 from Lachish):


    13. Note:  This impression also appears in:
    • BAR vol. 5 #6 by David Ussishkin
    • "The Conquest of Lachish by Sennacherib" by David Ussishkin
    • "The Renewed Archaeological Excavations at Lachish (1973-1994) Volume IV" by David Ussishkin

  13. S2U, 9:00, AGx, x (RAEL #260, WA1980.12-14.8247 from Lachish; on display at the British Museum):


    14. Note:  This impression also appears in:

  14. S2U, 9:00, SCC, 0 from a private collection in Redondo Beach (ID#1; click for detailed photos):

  15. S2U, 9:00, SCC, 0 from the private collection of Michael Welch (ID#95; click for detailed photos):

  16. S2U, 9:00, SGG, 0 reproduced by permission of the Palestine Exploration Fund in London, England (#132; from either Moresheth-Gath or Azekah; click for details):

  17. S2U, 9:00, SGx, 0 from Sarah Lepisto and Steven H. Sanchez (#5434 found on surface of Ramat Rahel; click for details):

  18. S2U, 9:00, Sxx, 0 at The Jewish Museum (New York) (#12-73.273; from Lachish):


  19. S2U, 9:00, Sxx, 0 at The Living Torah Museum (Lachish ID# 414; click for detailed photos):

  20. S2U, 9:00, xxx, 0 from "Ancient Hebrew Arts" by A. Reifenberg:

  21. S2U, 9:00, xxx, 0 from "'Atiqot vol. 47" by Aren M. Maeir & Don Bahat (found at Kikkar Safra in Jerusalem; #13:2):


  22. S2U, 9:00, xxx, 0 from "Eretz-Israel vol. 23" published by The Israel Exploration Society (#2):

  23. S2U, 9:00, xxx, 0 from "Excavations in Palestine During the Years 1898-1900" by Frederick Jones Bliss & R.A. Stewart Macalister:


    24. Note:  This impression also appears in:
    • BA vol. 30 #2 by H. Darrell Lance
    • BA vol. 35 #5 by A.R. Millard
    • BA vol. 38 #2 by Ephraim Stern
    • Bible & Spade vol. 2 #3 by A.R. Millard
    • "Bible Side-Lights from the Mound of Gezer" by R.A. Stewart Macalister
    • "Canaan d'Apres l'Exploration Recente" by Hugues Vincent
    • "Der Alt Orient 30. Band" by Peter Thomsen
    • "Le Iscrizioni Antico-Ebraiche Palestinesi" by David Diringer
    • "LMLK--A Mystery Belonging to the King vol. 1" by G.M. Grena

  24. S2U, 10:00, AGC, 0 at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary found on the surface at Nasbeh by J.D. Zimmerman in the 1950s (handle ID# 5; museum ID# 08-26; no photos allowed)

  25. S2U, 10:00, SGx, 0 from "The Renewed Archaeological Excavations at Lachish (1973-1994) Volume IV" by David Ussishkin (RAEL #407-71 from Lachish; click for detailed photos):


    26. Note:  A color photo of this stamp also appears in:
    • BAR vol. 31 #4 by Philip J. King
    • "The Renewed Archaeological Excavations at Lachish (1973-1994) Volume I" by David Ussishkin

  26. S2U, 10:00, xxx, 0 from "Jerusalem:  Excavating 3000 Years of History" by Kathleen M. Kenyon (from Lachish):


    27. Note:  This impression also appears in "Handbook of Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions" by Shmuel Ahituv

  27. S2U, x:00, xxx, x from PEQ 7-1941 published by The Palestine Exploration Fund (Lachish #7-10):


    28. Note:  This impression may be Lachish Find No. 7165 per David Ussishkin in BASOR 223 p. 6; the photo also appears in:
    • "L'Epigrafia Ebraica Antica 1935-1950" by Sabatino Moscati
    • "Lachish III (Tel ed-Duweir):  The Iron Age (Plates)" by Olga Tufnell

  28. S2U, x:00, xxx, x from PEQ 7-1941 published by The Palestine Exploration Fund (Lachish #7-11):


    29. Note:  This impression also appears in:
    • "L'Epigrafia Ebraica Antica 1935-1950" by Sabatino Moscati
    • "Lachish III (Tel ed-Duweir):  The Iron Age (Plates)" by Olga Tufnell
    • "The Alphabet Volume 2" by David Diringer

  29. S2U, x:00, xxx, x from PEQ 7-1941 published by The Palestine Exploration Fund (Lachish #7-12):


    30. Note:  This impression also appears in:
    • "L'Epigrafia Ebraica Antica 1935-1950" by Sabatino Moscati
    • "Lachish III (Tel ed-Duweir):  The Iron Age (Plates)" by Olga Tufnell

  30. S2U, x:00, xxx, x from "Excavations at Ramat Rahel:  Seasons 1961 & 1962" by Yohanan Aharoni (Ramat Rahel #3003-2; 39-3):

"Then I turned & raised my eyes , & saw there a flying scroll."--Zechariah 5:1
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