Jar 5400 (Non-LMLK) from Lachish

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British Museum #WA1980.12-14.12085:  No LMLK impressions--one handle has a personal stamp (#706-35b in the lists on the Personal Seals page), 2 adjacent handles are unstamped, & the 4th handle is a modern reproduction--the orginal was never located.  Did the 4th handle originally have a LMLK stamp?  The estimated volume is 46.67 litres. From "Lachish III (Tel ed-Duweir):  The Iron Age (Plates)" by Olga Tufnell: From BA vol. 12 #4, December 1949 published by The American Schools of Oriental Research: "But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, & thou our potter."--Isaiah 64:8

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