February-April, 2002

April 28, 2002	Added The UCSD Geisel Library to Credits page.
April 27, 2002	Added Noteworthy Items section to LMLK Home page. Updated Redondo Beach's #13, #14, #15 photos. Created thumbnail images for Sets page to shrink display size. Added L(m)L(k hbrn) of H2D to Paleography page. Added Agenda section to this page.
April 24, 2002	Created seal drawings for Typologies page & Sets page.
April 23, 2002	Many minor updates & corrections
April 22, 2002	Modified 4.b.1 (mmsLt) & added 7.e.17 (4 names=wartime mottoes) to Theories page. Added Strong's Concordance numbers to HBRN, Eshtemoa, Mareshah, SUKE, ZYF pages & created mmsLt page. Added Plus Mark section to Incisions page. Changed Type G2 impressions to G2L (now G2T) & added G2B to Typologies page & made corresponding updates to other impression pages.
April 20, 2002	Added links to Rosette page on Theories & Bibliography section of Publications page. Added Palestine Exploration Fund to Displays page. Added "Bible Side-Lights from the Mound of Gezer" to the Bibliography section of Publications page & added its photos to various pages.
April 11, 2002	Added 4.b.10 (MMST=Ramet Rahel), 7.d.5 (icons indicate wine grades) to Theories page. Added 1900 Clermont-Ganneau, 1961 Yadin, 1971 Tushingham to the Milestones section, added IEJ vol. 45 #4, "Monographs of the Hebrew Union College #23" to the Bibliography section of the Publications page.
April 10, 2002	Added 1Sam 8 to Personal Seals page. Completed Azekah sub-quantities on Corpus page. Added 1949 & 1978 jar volumes to Milestones section, "Archaeology & Old Testament Study", "Archaeology of the Land of Israel", "Guide to Israel", RB vol. 79 #3, "Recovery of Jerusalem", VT vol. 11 #3 to Bibliography section of Publications page. Added introductory details & woodcut photos to First Handles page.
April 9, 2002	Added meaning of Mampsis to 4.b.4 & added note between 5.a & 5.b (LMLK contents) about carbonized grain & lack of analysis data on Theories page. Added information about patina to slip/wash paragraph in Composition section of Jars page. Noted estimated volume (40.7 per "Solomonic State Officials" per "Die Konigs-Stempel") on Jar 396 page. Added Gezer sub-quantities, revised Arad sub-quantities, separated "no name" sub-quantities into "Generic" & "cannot classify" on Corpus page. Created Errata section, added "Arad Inscriptions", "BA vol. 12 #4 (by Wright)", "ET vol. 12", "Gibeon, Where the Sun Stood Still", "HTR vol. 64 #2-3", "Solomonic State Officials" to Bibliography section, added 1937 Galling & 2001 Timnah Jar 7094 to Milestones section of Publications page. Added Joseph Aviram to Credits page. Added comments from the 1949 study to the bottom of the Chemical Analyses page.
April 8, 2002	Created Brooklyn Museum #1, Brooklyn Museum #2, Brooklyn Museum #3, Brooklyn Museum #4, Brooklyn Museum #5, Brooklyn Museum #6, Brooklyn Museum #7 pages; updated Corpus page & added photos to impression pages. Added Mizpah sherd to BT LMLK page. Added (l)M(lk suke) of S2U to Paleography page. Added 1 S2U from A. Reifenberg to Corpus page. Added BASOR 179, IEJ vol. 3 #2, IEJ vol. 8 #1, IEJ vol. 14 #3, "Ancient Hebrew Arts", "Archaeological Discoveries", "Gezer 2 (by Dever/Cole", "Jerusalem (by Kenyon)" to Bibliography section of Publications page. Added Amihai Mazar, Denison Library, Honnold/Mudd Library, Frances-Henry Library to Credits page. Added photos from "Ancient Hebrew Arts" (S2U), "Archaeological Discoveries" (Z4CI), "Gezer 2 (by Dever/Cole)" (H4L), IEJ vol. 8 #1 (x4L), IEJ vol. 14 #3 (S4L), "Jerusalem (by Kenyon)" (S2U & H4L) to impression pages.
April 7, 2002	Received significant permission from The Israel Exploration Society to display photos on multiple pages (most importantly: Eretz-Israel, IEJ, & Qedem publications).
April 6, 2002	Renamed Circles page to Incisions to accommodate Plus Marks & added summary to Circles section; then updated all impression photo listings & Corpus summary to denote incised marks. Derived Main Sort, Article Sort, Author/Editor Sort, Date Sort pages from Publications page & added "Remarques sur la Datation des Estampilles 'LMLK'".
April 4, 2002	Added Micah 1:2-16 to Biblical Accounts page. Noted that handles are too small for hands in Usage Speculation section of Jars page. Corrected Albright's scroll milestone to 1925, added 1901 MMST=Mampsis milestone, added JPOS vol. 5 on Publications page.
April 3, 2002	Noted Lachish Room 1060 containing seals with all 4 names on Theories page (7.e), & added 7.b.5 & 7.c.5 (emblems mean "belonging to the king" for illiterates) with note about Lachish skulls having Egyptian characteristics. Added abbreviation summary to Typologies page. Noted Vaughn/Barkay adjustments due to Redondo Beach collection provenance on Corpus page. Added many other Milestones, PEQ vol. 7, VT 29 #1 to Publications page. Created First LMLK Publication page & added links to it on Publications page.
April 2, 2002	Added image counters to all impression pages to ensure accurate statistics on Typologies & Corpus pages. Added Usage Speculation section to Jars page. Revised (lml)K (swk)H of S2U & (lmlk z)P of Z4L on Paleography page to include word-separator dots. Added Redondo Beach's #13, #14, #15 to Corpus page & impression pages. Completed Lachish sub-quantities on Corpus page & noted the uncertainty of whether the totals included handles from restored jars. Replaced black/white photo on Tell Beit Mirsim #580 page with a color one from Jonathan Lawrence. Added Milestones section, BA 12, BASOR 109, TA 23 to Publications page. Added University of Leeds, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Anthropology & Archaeology at Cambridge University, New York University, Weingreen Museum of Biblical Antiquities to Displays page.
April 1, 2002	Added jar-side photo & corrected classification of Redondo Beach's #5 handle from M2U to M2D & SGC to SGG based on renewed examination. Moved bath info from Jars page to BT LMLK page.
March 30, 2002	Added H4L impression from "BA vol. 24" & M4L impression from "TA vol. 1 #1" to HBRN, MMST, & 4-Lapidarist pages. Added Unidentified Jar (not Fig. 1 as stated in BA vol. 12) to Jars page. Added photo from "BA vol. 58" to Jar 10074 page. Changed profile photo of Jar 5400 to "BA vol. 12" instead of "Lachish 3" since it's a little more clear & includes a "5400" label. Listed # of published photos for each type on Typologies page. Added "BA vol. 24", "BA vol. 58", & "TA vol. 1 #1", & Date sort to Publications page.
March 29, 2002	Added copyright & photo reproduction notice at bottom of LMLK Home page. After weeks of deliberation, decided to break the paradigm & rename the typology of 4-winged seals from "natural/schematic" to "cursory/lapidary", which also accommodated the renaming of 2-winged "name only / no LMLK" seals from x2C to x2T so that now there are no dual-use letters in the website typology & the 4 names are objectified in case they are neither cities nor capitals; hopefully this new paradigm will prompt future scholars to focus on the inscriptions with assistance from the icon rather than vice versa. (Note--Paul W. Lapp referred to a comment from Frank M. Cross, Jr. using "lapidary & cursive" in 1960 (BASOR 158)) Added 17 impressions from "Qedem 41" to various pages. Added photos of unusual circles (single & close) from "Qedem 41" to Circles page. Combined sub-totals of Shiloh's City of David under Jerusalem on Corpus page based on "Qedem 41". Added "Qedem 41" to Publications page.
March 28, 2002	Inserted Manasseh's reign in 2.d (LMLK ending period) on Theories page. Added x4C (#1068) impression from "AASOR vol. 12" to x (cannot classify), 4-Cursory, & Corpus pages. Added Timnah Jar Room, Tell Beit Mirsim jars (104 & 2465), & revised Composition section of Jars page. Added links to Aharoni's fortresses & districts maps page on Theories & Geography pages. Added "AASOR vol. 12", "AASOR vol. 21-22", "IEJ vol. 20", "Land of the Bible", "Qedem 37" to Publications page. Added Claremont School of Theology Library to Credits page.
March 26, 2002	Added quotes to 4.b.1 (MMST=MMSLT), 7.e.5 (inscriptions=cities), 7.e.15 (inscriptions=potter families) on Theories page. Added an x2x impression from "Lachish 3 (Plates)" to x (cannot classify) & 2-x pages. Added paragraph about icons with a link to LMRA on Personal Seals page. Added "En-Gedi Excavations 61-62" to Publications page. Added Nancy Lapp & Paul Jacobs to Credits page.
March 25, 2002	Edited text on LMLK Home page to be more objective with respect to inscriptions. Revised Theories page again due to too many lettered sub-categories; added 7.e.16 (inscriptions refer to geographical potteries). Renamed "N2" types "G2" to avoid the letter "N" already used for "Natural" & changed "NoName" page to Generic. Revised Composition paragraph, added jar opening diameter to Measurements section, added Jar 5400, Jar 5461, Jar G820C1, Jar G849A3 to Jars page. Equated Tel Halif with En Rimmon on Corpus & Geography pages. Added "Anchor Bible Dictionary vol. 4", "Century of Excavation in Palestine", "Lachish 3" to Publications page.
March 22, 2002	Added Hittite icon photo to 5.b.2.c on Theories page. Added Z2D (P500) impression to ZYF & 2-Divided pages. Noted that mostly x2D handles have Circles. Divided the page formerly titled "References" into Displays & Credits pages; added Publications page to menu.
March 21, 2002	Created x (cannot classify) page from the NoName page & split the page formerly titled "2-winged (other)" into 2-Top & 2-x pages to distinguish between seals that can & cannot be classified. Created Chemical analysis page & provided links to it on the Jars & Theories pages. Listed typical seal depression measurements on Jars page. Improved H4C, H4L, M2D, M4L, S2U, Z2U images on Typologies page. Added BAR article titles, Central Los Angeles Public Library, & UCLA Research Libraries to References page & then moved all of the bibliography into a new Publications page.
March 20, 2002	Added 5.b.4 (icons symbolized potteries) & completely revised section 5.b.5 (LMLK inscriptions) of Theories page. Added 15 impressions from "Eretz-Israel vol. 23" & 30 impressions from PEQ 7-41 to various pages. Noted clay analysis results in Composition section & Complete Jar 10616 on Jars page. Added (lmlk) ZF of Z4L to Paleography page. Added sub-quantities for Shiloh's City of David, Aroer, Timnah on Corpus page. Added IEJ vol. 34, The Palestine Exploration Fund, Bade Institute, Hebrew Union College, Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, Rockefeller Museum to References page.
March 19, 2002	Added 2.b.7 (MMST near Gezer/Zorah/Ajalon), 2.b.8 (MMST=Tell el-Meshash), 2.b.9 (MMST=Tell 'Ira), revised 5.b.5 (LMLK Inscriptions) to Theories page. Noted Jars 5400 & 5461 on Jars page. Noted single-circle example & added inner-diameter & seal sorted lists on Circles page. Added BASOR 163, 200, 201, PEQ 4-41, 7-41 to References page.
March 18, 2002	Completely revised Theories page to better accommodate expansion & classification along with too many minor changes to list here. Added 16 impressions from "Qedem 29" to various impression pages. Added H2D & H4L impressions from "New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations vol. 1 & 2" to HBRN, 2-Divided, 4-Lapidarist, & Corpus pages. Mentioned 10 complete Lachish jars & revised Type 484 volume range on Jars page. Added (lmlk h)B(rn) of H2D, new column for Z4CY, & renamed Z4C to Z4CI on Paleography page. Separated NoName category into "Type G2" & "unreadable" in website summary on Corpus page. Added "New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations vol. 1-4", "Qedem 29", & mentioned 2 complete jars at Israel Museum, Jerusalem on References page.
March 17, 2002	Added Z4CY from "Beer-Sheba I" to ZYF, 4-Cursory, Typologies, Corpus pages. Added bath measurements & revised Pithoi section on Jars page. Added stopper drawing to Jar 10091 page. Created Beersheba Pithoi page. Added 1Chronicles 4:23 (royal potters) reference to Personal Seals page. Z4C type revised with 4th-character designation (I & Y) on Typologies page. Added BASOR 261, "Anchor Bible Dictionary", "Beer-Sheba I" to References page.
March 15, 2002	Added 1 H4C & 3 H4L impressions from "Excavations at Tel Lachish (1973-1977)" to HBRN, 4-Cursory, 4-Lapidarist, Typologies, Corpus pages. Added 5 jars (10091, 8162, 8580, 8585, & 1 unidentified) from Lachish to Jars page, updated volume data, & created separate pages for all 9 jars. Added (lmlk) HBR(n) of H4C to chart on Paleography page. Added "Eretz-Israel vol. 6, 9, 18, 23" & "Excavations at Tel Lachish (1973-1977)" to References page.
March 14, 2002	Added 3.b.6 (Kurnub=MMST), divided 7.a into 7.a & 7.g (changed scroll from Sass drawing to Brooklyn Museum photo), reworded 10.a (taxation), added 10.e (discontinued after Sennacherib) on Theories page. Added impression from "Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations vol. 3" to SUKE & 2-Undivided pages. Removed incorrect reference to H4L impression belonging to Jar 60-501; "Inscriptions Reveal" does not state its origin, "Eretz-Israel vol. 15" says it's from Tell Zakariyah (Azekah), & "Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations vol. 3 (both '77 & "New" '93 editions)" places it in the Moresheth-Gath (Tell ej-Judeideh) listing. Added (lml)K (suke) of S2U to chart on Paleography page. Added Welten's line drawings to Typologies page along with descriptions of Lemaire's & Welten's systems; also changed website type N2U to N2 & changed images for H2D & S2U. Added sub-quantity for Tell 'Ira on Corpus page. Added links to Welten's Distribution Maps on Theories (3.a.1) & Geography pages. Added book publication dates & "Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations vol. 3 & 4" to References page.
March 13, 2002	Added 22 impressions from "Excavations at Ramat Rahel: Seasons 1961 & 1962". Added (lmlk) (swk)H of S2DW & LM(lk) (s)WKH of S2U to chart on Paleography page. Added extra images to S2DR & Z2U, & changed S2U images on Typologies page. Added sub-quantities for Arad, Bethlehem, En Gedi, Gibeah, Khirbet Dorban, Jericho, Khirbet es-Samrah, Tel Halif, & separated Shephelah sub-quantities on Corpus page. Added "Die Konigs-Stempel" & "Excavations at Ramat Rahel: Seasons 1961 & 1962" to References page.
March 11, 2002	Removed page dates from LMLK Home page & added section headings. Added 13 impressions from "Tell en-Nasbeh vol. 1" to all seal impression pages except SUKE. Added complete Mizpah jar 396 to Jars page & modified jar measurements. Added (lml)K (hb)RN of H2D to chart on Paleography page. Added No Name sub-quantities to Lachish, Mizpah, Beth Shemesh, & Moresheth-Gath on Corpus page & changed their references from Pritchard to McCown. Added "Tell en-Nasbeh vol. 1 & 2" to References page.
March 9, 2002	Replaced temporary photos from "Eretz-Israel vol. 15" on all seal impression pages. (#80 from "Inscriptions Reveal" (Tel 'Erani IDAM 60-501) = H1b from "Eretz-Israel" (Tell Zakariyah IDAM 1497)) Added L(mlk) of G2, (sw)KH of S2U, & Z(yp) of Z2U to chart on Paleography page.
March 7, 2002	Added Eshtemoa as an MMST candidate on the Theories (3.b.5) & MMST pages. Added x4C & x4L website categories on Typologies page for weak/indecipherable impressions.
March 5, 2002	Converted single list of Personal Seals into 2 sorted lists & modified photo references on Jars page & Circles pages. Added Paleography page. Updated quantity for Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem on Corpus & References pages.
March 1, 2002	Added QuickTime movie format to LMLK Home page. Added website typology names to all 10 seal impression pages.
February 28, 2002	Added Flash movie format to LMLK Home page.
February 25, 2002	Added temporary photos from "Eretz-Israel vol. 15" to all seal impression pages. Created 2 (other) page for 2-winged seal impressions that can't be classified by divided/undivided city names in the bottom register. Removed personal seals & circles from Jars page & created Personal Seals & Circles pages. Added #579, #580, & #867 from Tell Beit Mirsim to Corpus page. Added authors' names to BASOR & BAR articles on References page.
February 24, 2002	Rewrote section 3 of the Theories page in light of Rainey's article in BASOR 245. Added introductory sentence to MMST page. Added BASOR 245 to References page.
February 23, 2002	Noted "neither glaze nor painting" on Jars page. Removed categories from Corpus page & created Typologies page with cross-reference tables of other category systems. Deleted 4th-character style designations from M2D impressions in light of Lemaire's article in "Eretz-Israel vol. 15" & changed 4th-character designations for S2D from A/B to R/W.
February 22, 2002	Added Introductory Movie link to LMLK Home page. Added 8h-i to Theories page. Added BASOR 271, "Eretz-Israel vol. 15", "Lachish III", British Museum, Kelso Bible Lands Museum, & on-site LMLK quantities of museums to References page. Added sub-quantities to Aroer & Beersheba, & removed Skirball Cultural Center from Corpus page.
February 21, 2002	Noted the earliest LMLK excavation on the LMLK Home page. Modified 3c-f, added 5d, & added caveat to 10b on Theories page. Commented on Diringer's Classes at top of 2-Divided, 2-Undivided, 4-Cursory, & 4-Lapidarist pages. Added section titles, added Ridges section, added BASOR 158 quote in Circles section, noted photos list of private seals, refined measurements, & subdivided complete jars with details about the seals on their handles on Jars page. Added sub-quantities to Ramat Rahel & Tell 'Erani on Corpus page. Noted BASOR 158, 223, & 313 on References page. Added h2u_09_xxx_b223-579, 580, & 867 to HBRN & 2-Undivided pages. Added n2d_03_xxx_b223-10074 to NoName & 2-Divided pages. Added s2u_03_xxx_b223-10457 to Corpus, SUKE, & 2-Undivided pages.
February 18, 2002	Added Hebrew seal script characters to HBRN, MMST, SUKE, & ZYF pages.
February 17, 2002	Added parenthetical Hebrew characters to LMLK Home, King Hezekiah's Seal, & Jars pages.
February 14, 2002	Added Redondo Beach #12 to ZYF, 2-Divided, & Corpus pages. Moved typology list to top of Corpus page.
February 12, 2002	Created this Updates page; began website construction a month earlier (1-12-02).

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