LMLK Jar 396 from Nasbeh (museum #396; serial #357)

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Each of the four handles has a G2T impression.  The estimated volume is 40.7 litres.  This first photo shows the jar in its original/unrestored condition (from "Tell en-Nasbeh volume 2" by Joseph Carson Wampler): The other pictures on this page were photographed by permission of the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion.  This overall top view shows the jar oriented so that the inscriptions on two of the handles (designated "W" & "E") are readable since they were stamped in parallel.  The potter's hands rotated perpendicularly to stamp the other two handles ("N" (rotated counter-clockwise ~90 degrees)& "S" (rotated clockwise ~90 degrees)): Here are links to pages for each handle: G2T, 4:00, AGG, 0; COMPLETE HANDLE (ID:  M396, S357, "W") G2T, 10:00, AGG, 0; COMPLETE HANDLE (ID:  M396, S357, "E") G2T, 10:00, AGG, 0; COMPLETE HANDLE (ID:  M396, S357, "N") G2T, 10:00, AGG, 0; COMPLETE HANDLE (ID:  M396, S357, "S")

"E" (left) & "N" (right) Side of Jar "N" Side of Jar "N" (left) & "W" (right) Side of Jar "W" Side of Jar "W" (left) & "S" (right) Side of Jar "S" Side of Jar "S" (left) & "E" (right) Side of Jar "E" Side of Jar "E" Side of Jar (original condition) "And He shall break it like the breaking of the potters' vessel, which is broken in pieces; He shall not spare.  So there shall not be found among its fragments a shard to take fire from the hearth, or to take water from the cistern."--Isaiah 30:14

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