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Messages from the past : Hebrew bullae from the time of Isaiah through the destruction of the First Temple

Title
Messages from the past : Hebrew bullae from the time of Isaiah through the destruction of the First Temple / Robert Deutsch.
Author
Deutsch, Robert.
Publication
Tel Aviv : Archaeological Center, 1999.

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Description
205 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Uniform Title
Mesarim min he-ʻavar. English
Alternative Title
Mesarim min he-ʻavar.
Subject
  • Jewish seals (Numismatics)
  • Seals (Numismatics)
  • Inscriptions, Hebrew
  • 18.76 old Hebrew language and/or literature
  • Antiquities
  • Zegels
  • Geschiedbronnen
  • Hebreeuws
  • Jewish seals (Numismatics) > Israel > To 70 A.D
  • Inscriptions, Hebrew > Israel
  • Seals (Numismatics) > Israel
  • Palestine > Antiquities
  • Middle East > Palestine
Genre/Form
  • Sources (form)
  • Catalogs (form)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-187) and indexes.
Contents
The seal. Seal manufacture. The bulla. Use of the seal. The script and the inscription. Iconography. The ethnic definition -- The biblical evidence. The seal in the Old Testament. The use of seals and bullae in the Mishnah. The Onomasticon. The iconography of the Hebrew seals. The register dividers as ornament. The border as ornament. The question of authenticity -- Hebrew bullae from controlled excavations. Tell el-Judeideh. Beth-Zur. Lachish. Beer-Sheba. Tell el-Hesi. Jerusalem -- Unprovenanced published Hebrew bullae. The British Museum collection. 255 Hebrew bullae (from Tell Beit Mirsim area?). Two Hebrew fiscal bullae. The Josef Samel collection. Thirty five Hebrew bullae from private collections. Five Hebrew bullae in the Israel Museum. A Hebrew bulla from the Victor Barakat collection. A Hebrew bulla from the W. Stern collection. Three Hebrew bullae in the Bible Lands Museum. A Hebrew bulla from the Jerusalem antiquities market -- Unpublished Hebrew bullae of unknown provenance. Two Hebrew bullae from the private collection of Dr. Elie Borowski. Twenty Hebrew bullae in the Hecht Museum, Haifa -- Iron Age bullae from the neighboring states. Two Ammonite bullae. A Moabite bulla. Two Edomite bullae. Eleven Assyrian Aramaic bullae. A bulla from Zenjirli (Sam'al). The Marzeah papyrus bulla. A Phoenician bulla from Tell el-Heres -- Persian period bullae. A hoard of 65 Aramaic bullae from Judah. An Aramaic bulla of unknown provenance. Summary and conclusions to chapters One and Two -- Indexes for chapters One and Two. Personal names. Titles and professions. Toponyms, words and numerals -- 109 Hebrew Bullae from the Time of Isaiah Through the Destruction of the First Temple. A bulla of Ahaz, son of Yehotam, King of Judah. Three bullae bearing the title "Servant of Hezekiah" Two bullae bearing the title "Who is over the House" Four bullae bearing the title "Servant of the King" Three bullae bearing the title "Governor of the City" Five bullae which belonged to women. A bulla which belonged to "The daughter of the King" Personal bullae. Fiscal bullae. Summary and conclusions to chapter three. The List of bullae in Chapter Three.
ISBN
  • 9659024037
  • 9789659024032
OCLC
  • ocm43403904
  • 43403904
  • SCSB-9662698
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library