LMLK--List of Updates to this Website (Archive #6)

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August-December, 2004

December 30, 2004

Incorporated one more handle from the Michael Welch collection to the Circles page.

December 28, 2004

Made minor adjustments to most of the letters of the S2U drawing, & updated photo of handle #95 in the Michael Welch collection.

December 20, 2004

Updated Notes for Plate 19:10 & added 19:11 for "Investigations at Lachish (V)" on Errata page.

December 17, 2004

Added connector between protruding elytra of M4C & Z4CI drawings along with other minor shifts.

December 6, 2004

Added "Neue Kirchliche Beitschrift 17", "Palastina und Seine Kultur", "Recueil d'Archeologie Orientale 4" to Bibliography section of the Publications page.
Modified the order of stamps excavated by Warren on the Palestine Exploration Fund's page to match the order they were described by Clermont-Ganneau in his 1883 & 1901 publications; "Recueil d'Archeologie Orientale 4" identifies the one with Tag 222 as belonging to this group (previously in the "Untraceable Excavation" section).

November 28, 2004

Added S2U stamp on alternate handle to Jar 10457 & Lachish pages; corrected orientation of clearer stamp to 4:00 (actually 3:30) since this newer one is 3:00.
Added one more H2U (1933-2104) & M2U (1933-2106) from Lachish presently at the IAA; updated their statistics on Displays page.
Updated Corpus page statistics to include all 3 of these stamps.

November 25, 2004

Updated IAA statistics on Displays page.
Added Rabbi Shaul Shimon Deutsch to Credits page.

November 16, 2004

Moved photos from Geography page to NonBiblical, HBRN, & Lachish pages.
Added site photo to Arad page; added Todd Bolen to Credits page.

November 15, 2004

Changed Jerusalem Reg. #E1-3303 (M46) from x2x to H2D based on new photo provided by IAA (#1996-3353); updated Corpus page statistics.
Added specific page number references for all the original publications of classification systems on Typologies page.
Updated IAA statistics on Displays page.

November 7, 2004

Created Amariah Hananiah page; linked it & added descriptions of seals of servants to King Hezekiah page.
Revised statment on Circles page:

Was: "a stratum sealed by the late 8th-century Assyrian conquest"
Is: "a stratum identified with the late 8th-century Assyrian conquest (not sealed by it)"

Added Redondo Beach handle with Rosette stamp; also added 14 unprovenanced samples to Rosettes page.

November 3, 2004

Added Hosea 1, 5, 10, Isaiah 20, Jeremiah 26 to Biblical Accounts page.

October 31, 2004

Added Redondo Beach handle #51 to S2DW page; updated Corpus statistics & added icon Head detail to S2DW drawing.
Added Redondo Beach handle with #689-23 Winged Serpent to Personal Seals page.

October 23, 2004

Reclassified Khirbet es-Samrah handle published in BASOR 142 from M2D to x2x; added H2D handle from "Ancient Agriculture" to Corpus & Stratigraphy pages; updated totals on Circles page.
Added "Ancient Agriculture in the Judaean Desert" to Bibliography section of the Publications page.

October 16, 2004

Noted scriptio plene spellings on mmsLt page.
Added LMLK Dotcom ID#s 069, 071, 072, 073 to Presently Unknown Locations page; updated Corpus statistics.
Added Karmel (el-Khalil) to Corpus & Geography pages.
Added Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Francaise to Displays page & Jean-Baptiste Humbert to Credits page.
Changed "Jewish Encyclopedia vol. 10" editor from Nowack to Singer in Bibliography section of the Publications page; added RB vol. 79 #3 to Errata section.

October 5, 2004

Quarterly update of Search Engine Statistics (Top 20 Query Words & Most Requested Pages) from Oct-2003 to Sep-2004:

3,045	seals	#1	22,754	Research Home
2,934	seal	#2	10,091	Updates
2,843	script	#3	9,837	Paleography
2,710	proto	#4	9,756	Theories
2,710	sinaitic	#5	9,230	Geography
2,516	photos	#6	8,448	Personal Seals
2,468	biblical	#7	7,945	Corpus
2,181	israel	#8	7,894	Biblical Accounts
2,033	hebrew	#9	7,271	Jars
1,900	typologies	#10	6,645	Concentric Circles
1,828	personal	#11	6,639	NonBiblical Accounts
1,708	mmst	#12	6,365	HBRN
1,639	museum	#13	6,336	MMST
1,560	welch	#14	5,332	Michael Welch's Collection
1,540	map	#15	5,112	King Hezekiah's Seals
1,510	concentric	#16	5,096	Generic LMLK Seals
1,433	palestine	#17	5,073	Publications by Date
1,387	michael	#18	5,020	Typologies
1,300	paleo	#19	4,620	Stamps that Can't Be Classified
1,279	jerusalem	#20	4,503	Stratigraphy

September 25, 2004

Added Khirbet Nisya handle to x2x page; updated Corpus statistics.
Added "Khirbet Nisya" to Bibliography & Errata sections of the Publications page.
Added David Livingston to Credits page.

September 22, 2004

Revised Mizpah handle ID# "M730" from x2U to H2U; updated Corpus statistics.

September 21, 2004

Corrected Mizpah handle from ID# "Dump, AR, A8.26, X1" to "Dump, AA-AB26, X1" & reclassified it from x2x to H2D; updated Corpus statistics.

September 20, 2004

Revised all 143 Paleography letters & many of their popup reference photos; 14 of the letters were not shown previously & are still somewhat speculative due to poor/few specimens known.

September 17, 2004

Added 3 jar drawings to Complete Jars section of Jars page.
Created Icons page.

September 14, 2004

Revised all 21 seal drawings (large size on each type page & actual size on Sets page) with many minor adjustments & the following significant changes:

H2D: shift Kaf mid-branch bottom to right; shift Het right; shift Bet down; add icon Head detail
H2U: shift Kaf mid-branch top to left; shrink oval; widen icon Head; shift first Lamed right
H4C: shift HBR up; shift Nun right; shift wing intersections up; shift Mem left; expand top-right wing out; add connector between protruding elytra
M2D: shift Kaf mid-branch bottom to left; extend right wing right; shrink lower-left oval
M2U: shift Kaf left-branch bottom to right; extend Kaf mid-branch down; shrink left wing; shift second Lamed left & Kaf right
S2DW: overall adjustment between inscription quadrants & icon; shrink oval left/right; increase lower Hey parallel bar tip upward; add bridge between lower Kaf & icon
Z2D: shift Fay bottom curve up; shift icon Head/wing joints down; tilt icon Head left; add Mem connector
Z2T: add icon details; shrink oval
Z2U: disconnect Kaf mid-branch bottom; shift Slash down-left; widen icon Tail; shrink right wing; shrink oval
Z4CI: expand top-right oval out; shift Lamed loop down; show notch in Thorax left; twist right Elytron clockwise; shift Fay right

Added anonymous Boston collector to Credits page.
Created Archive #5.

September 4, 2004

Made Debir parenthetical to Khirbet Rabud & Tell Beit Mirsim on Geography & Corpus pages; also specified Bethel as parenthetical to Beitin.
Added Beth Horon (Lower), Er-Ras, Keilah, Khirbet Nisya, Tell ash-Shuqf to main map on Geography page; removed Horvat Rimmon & renamed Tel Halif to Rimmon; added grid coordinates in alphabetical site list.
Revised zone maps for inscriptions & icons.

August 28, 2004

Added "Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land" & "Bible & Spade vol. 2 #3" to Bibliography section of the Publications page.

August 21, 2004

Added 1 H4L & 2 S2U stamp photos from "Syria vol. 6"; updated Corpus page.
Added Hasmodia (8-18-2004), "Jewish Encyclopedia", Revue Archeologique ser. 4, vol. 12, RB vol. 10, "Syria vol. 6" to Bibliography section of the Publications page.

August 18, 2004

Revised all Seal Type Distribution maps & added x2x & x4x distributions.

August 14, 2004

Added statistics to multiple seal pages based on photos provided by IAA of handles from multiple sites; made minor revisions to those added over the past 2 days due to discrepancies in the IAA records; updated charts on Corpus page.
Added actual dimensions of seals to each of their pages & a summary on the Sets page.

August 13, 2004

Added statistics based on photos provided by IAA of H2U, H4C, H4L handles from Beth Shemesh, Jerusalem, Lachish (including Jar 8585), Mizpah, Ramat Rahel.

August 12, 2004

Added statistics based on photos provided by IAA of H2D handles from Gezer, Jerusalem, Ramat Rahel.

August 10, 2004

Revised statistics of 3 previously unclassifiable handles on Circles page to H2D_4:00_20x12mm, H2D_16x10mm, M2D_3:00_12x8mm based on photos provided by IAA.
Michael Welch revised portions of his commentary on his page (added a paragraph about Circles as Cancellations).

August 7, 2004

Added animated image of God's glory over Ark to 7.b.11 on Theories page.
Added statistics & tools photo to Circles page.

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