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 		This page summarizes the LMLK handles kept at the Bible+Orient Museum at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.  Thanks to their curator, Prof. Othmar Keel, for providing photographs by Jürg Eggler of these 4 handles.  (One more handle is on display in Germany & cannot be photographed until the exhibit ends.)

General statistics:
  • 2 HBRN
  • 2 MMST
  • 1 SUKE
  • 0 ZYF
  • 0 Generic
  • 0 cannot classify by inscription


  • 2 2-winged
  • 3 4-winged
Specific statistics: Generic HBRN MMST SUKE ZYF
2-Winged (Rigid & Top-Register) 0 0 0 0 0
2-Winged Divided   0 1 0 0
2-Winged Undivided   1 0 0 0
4-Winged Lapidarist   0 0 1 0
4-Winged Cursory (many; all Type 484s)   1     0
4-Winged Cursory (few; mostly pithoi)     0   0

    H2U

  1. H2U, 4:00, Sxx, 0 (ID# VS 2002.6; click for detailed photos):

    2. H4C

  2. H4C, 6:00, SGx, 0 from "Im Schatten Deiner Flügel" by Othmar Keel & Thomas Staubli (ID# VS 2001.3; click for detailed photos):

    3. M2D

  3. M2D, 3:00, SGx, 0 (ID# VS 1995.2; click for detailed photos):

    4. S4L

  4. S4L, 7:00, AGx, 0 (ID# VS 1995.3; click for detailed photos):


    5. Note:  This impression also appears in "Im Schatten Deiner Flügel" by Othmar Keel & Thomas Staubli

"Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice."--Psalm 63:7
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