Messages from the Past: Hebrew Bullae from the Time of Isaiah Through the Destruction of the First Temple |
Common terms and phrases
according affixed is visible Arad Avigad Azaryahu bd hmlk Belonging Bible biblical brown clay bulla was affixed century B.C.E. chapter collection common complete bulla cord which tied damaged daughter Davies depicted Deutsch and Heltzer document double line Duplicate edge Elyaqim father four framing full spelling Governor grooves Hebrew epigraphic material Hebrew inscription reads Hebrew personal name Hebrew theophoric personal Hezekiah high official impressed inscription is divided Israel Jerusalem king King of Judah known Lachish letters line and surrounded listed in WSS measuring mentioned missing motif name appears name meaning Yahweh Neriyahu once ostracon papyrus papyrus ran parallel period personal name meaning presented preservation previous bulla probably published rare recorded reverse royal script seal seal impression servant served shape Shebanyahu shortened form similar surface Tell Temple texture theophoric personal name tied the papyrus upper register בן