2,700-year-old seal impression founf in Jerusalem
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2,700-year-old seal impression found in Jerusalem

  • 1/11/2018
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    2,700-year-old seal 2,700-year-old seal Copyright: Clara Amit, Israel Antiquities Authority
     
     
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    The artifact, inscribed in an ancient Hebrew script as “belonging to the governor of the city”, was likely attached to a shipment or sent as a souvenir on behalf of the governor, the most prominent local position held in Jerusalem at the time, the Israel Antiquities Authority said.
     
    The impression, the size of a small coin, depicts two standing men, facing each other and wearing striped garments reaching down to their knees. It was unearthed near the plaza of Judaism’s Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
     
    According to site excavator Dr. Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah, “This is the first time that such an impression was found in an authorized excavation. It supports the biblical rendering of the existence of a governor of the city in Jerusalem 2,700 years ago.”