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Statistics from INDIVIDUAL excavation reports included in the totals on Jerusalem Seals page (unless specified otherwise, these statistics are from the 1999 edition of "Theology, History, and Archaeology in the Chronicler's Account of Hezekiah" by Andrew G. Vaughn, in which he draws upon an unpublished Hebrew dissertation by, & personal collaboration with, Dr. Gabriel Barkay):

  • 107 Kenyon's City of David excavations
    • Note--The sub-quantities are from "Excavations in Jerusalem 1961-1967 Volume I", BASOR 287 by A.D. Tushingham, "Eretz Israel vol. 15", & photos obtained from the IAA.
    • 03 HBRN
    • 02 MMST
    • 01 SUKE
    • 04 ZYF
    • 01 Generic
    • 12 cannot classify by inscription
    • 60 2-winged
    • 01 4-winged
  • 46 Yigal Shiloh's City of David excavations
    • Note--The sub-quantities are mostly from "Qedem 41" by Yair Shoham with a few minor corrections based on photos & drawings provided.
    • 12 HBRN
    • 04 MMST
    • 01 SUKE
    • 08 ZYF
    • 02 Generic
    • 19 cannot classify by inscription
    • 39 2-winged
    • 07 4-winged
  • 43 Avigad's Jewish Quarter excavations
    • Note--The sub-quantities are from "Jewish Quarter Excavations vol. 1" by Hillel Geva, Nahman Avigad, & Gabriel Barkay; an extra one was shown in "Discovering Jerusalem" by Nahman Avigad; although Vaughn & Barkay reported a total of 44 in earlier publications, the 44th handle cannot be confirmed.
    • 08 HBRN
    • 06 MMST
    • 02 SUKE
    • 09 ZYF
    • 04 Generic
    • 14 cannot classify by inscription
    • 34 2-winged
    • 09 4-winged
  • 21 B. Mazar excavations
    • Note--The sub-quantities are mostly from "Qedem 29" by Eilat Mazar & Benjamin Mazar; the total differs from Vaughn/Barkay's due to a redundant listing in "Qedem 29".
    • 02 HBRN
    • 00 MMST
    • 03 SUKE
    • 06 ZYF
    • 00 Generic
    • 09 cannot classify by inscription
    • 15 2-winged
    • 05 4-winged
  • 19 M. Broshi excavations along the Old City Western Wall
  • 11 D. Bahat & M. Broshi excavations in the Armenian Garden
    • Note--This is a combination of 2 separate listings by Vaughn, 10 from a joint excavation of Bahat & Broshi, & 1 additional handle found by Broshi.
  • 10 Shlomit Wexler (Weksler-Bdolah), Alexander Onn, Shura Kisilevitz, Brigitte Ouahnouna excavations at the Western Wall plaza
    • Note--a March 2008 IAA press release stated that 3 LMLK handles were found, one being Hxx; a a March 2008 televised news report by Mabat showed an x2x with 2 Circles; BAR vol. 38 #1 by Weksler-Bdolah, Onn, Kisilevitz, Ouahnouna mentioned 10 LMLKs including 1 Hxx, 2 Sxxx, plus a total of 11 with Circles (ambiguous regarding LMLKs with Circles).
    • 1 HBRN
    • 0 MMST
    • 2 SUKE
    • 0 ZYF
    • 0 Generic
    • 7 cannot classify by inscription
    • 1 2-winged
    • 0 4-winged
  • 8 R.A. Macalister & J.G. Duncan excavations
    • Note--The sub-quantities are from "Digging Up Biblical History vol. 2" by J. Garrow Duncan; 5 of the 8 are shown on the PEF collection page; in the PEF Annual for 1923-1925 published in 1926, Macalister & Duncan said "A few specimens of the 'Royal' stamps were discovered.  They were of the two-winged variety, and belonged to the enigmatical M-M-Sh-T series."
    • 3 HBRN
    • 3 MMST
    • 1 SUKE
    • 0 ZYF
    • 0 Generic
    • 1 cannot classify by inscription
    • 8 2-winged
    • 0 4-winged
  • 7 Charles Warren's original excavations
    • Note--The sub-quantities are from an analysis of the PEF collection of 7; there may have been an 8th one with a Plus Mark but it was apparently lost.
    • 0 HBRN
    • 2 MMST
    • 1 SUKE
    • 1 ZYF
    • 1 Generic
    • 2 cannot classify by inscription
    • 7 2-winged
    • 0 4-winged
  • 6 Parker excavations
    • Note--The sub-quantities are from RB vol. 9 by H. Vincent.
    • 0 HBRN
    • 1 MMST
    • 0 SUKE
    • 0 ZYF
    • 0 Generic
    • 5 cannot classify by inscription
    • 1 2-winged
    • 0 4-winged
  • 4 U. Lux excavations
    • Note--The sub-quantities are based on drawings in "Die Ausgrabungen Unter der Erloserkirche im Muristan, Jerusalem (1970-1974)" by Karel J. H. Vriezen.
    • 0 HBRN
    • 1 MMST
    • 1 SUKE
    • 0 ZYF
    • 1 Generic
    • 1 cannot classify by inscription
    • 4 2-winged
    • 0 4-winged
  • 3+ Yoav Arbel excavations at Har Ziyyon
    • Note--The sub-quantities are from "Jerusalem, Har Ziyyon Preliminary Report" by Yoav Arbel in Hadashot Arkheologiyot vol. 121, which mentions "several stamped handles of the late LMLK variety."
  • 1 C.N. Johns excavations in the Citadel area
    • Note--The sub-quantities are from The Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities in Palestine vol. 14 by Geoffrey Cumberlege.
    • 0 HBRN
    • 1 MMST
    • 0 SUKE
    • 0 ZYF
    • 0 Generic
    • 0 cannot classify by inscription
    • 1 2-winged
    • 0 4-winged
  • 1 Clermont-Ganneau excavations
    • Note--The sub-quantities are from PEQ vol. 32 by Clermont-Ganneau.
    • 1 HBRN
    • 0 MMST
    • 0 SUKE
    • 0 ZYF
    • 0 Generic
    • 0 cannot classify by inscription
    • 1 2-winged
    • 0 4-winged
  • 1 Crowfoot & Fitzgerald excavations
    • Note--The sub-quantities are from the PEF Annual for 1927 published in 1929 by Crowfoot & Fitzgerald who described the stamp as "A bird with its left wing effaced; above the remaining wing are traces of a K, below are the letters RN."
    • 1 HBRN
    • 0 MMST
    • 0 SUKE
    • 0 ZYF
    • 0 Generic
    • 0 cannot classify by inscription
    • 1 2-winged
    • 0 4-winged
  • 1 D. Davis & A. Kloner excavations
  • 1 excavations at David's Citadel (Locus 4032)
    • 0 HBRN
    • 0 MMST
    • 0 SUKE
    • 0 ZYF
    • 0 Generic
    • 1 cannot classify by inscription
    • 1 2-winged
    • 0 4-winged
  • 1 M. Broshi excavations at Caiaphas' House
  • 1 R. Weill excavations
    • Note--The sub-quantities are from "La Cite de David, Campagne de 1913-1914" by Raymond Weill.
    • 1 HBRN
    • 0 MMST
    • 0 SUKE
    • 0 ZYF
    • 0 Generic
    • 0 cannot classify by inscription
    • 1 2-winged
    • 0 4-winged
  • 1 S. Ben-Arieh & E. Netzer excavations of Third Wall
  • 1 Bargil Pixner, Doron Chen, & Shlomo Margalit excavations of the Essene Quarter (Gate of the Essenes)
Note:  This map is a compilation of multiple resources for detail, but primarily based on maps in "Jerusalem Revealed" by Yigael Yadin & "Discovering Jerusalem" by Nahman Avigad.  Most of the dots only represent approximate locations since several digs extended into large regions (especially the major ones by Avigad, Kenyon, Mazar, & Shiloh).
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