King Hezekiah's Personal Seals
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 		King Hezekiah owned at least 2 seals shown below.  Both inscriptions say, "(Seal) of Hezekiah, (son of) Ahaz, King (of) Judah" (לחזקיהו אחז מלך יהדה); however, the one with downward wings was written from top to bottom (with the word "Ahaz" divided) while the one with upward wings was written from bottom to top.  Unlike LMLK seals that were stamped on jar handles, both of these types were stamped on unprovenanced clay bullae that sealed papyrus documents (which probably disintegrated a long time ago).

 

He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him.--2Kings 18:5

Either a 3rd seal was carved almost identical to the one with upward wings, or the original one was recarved to make the lines deeper/clearer:
Here is a photo (magnified many times; courtesy of Gil Chaya) of an actual bulla fragment presently at the Living Torah Museum made by this 3rd seal design:

Two additional fragmented bullae contain stamps made by a seal of Hezekiah that omit "King (of) Judah".  They contain an ankh behind an anthropomorphic creature (a falcoln-headed man with winged arms), probably used in his youth before ascending to the throne.
(Seal) of Hezekiah
(son of) Ahaz 		LHZQYEU
[BN?] AHZ 		לחזקיהו
בן]אחז]

In addition to these seals of King Hezekiah, unprovenanced bullae naming 5 of his servants have been found with the following inscriptions:
(Seal) of Amariah
(son of) Hananiah, servant
(of) Hezekiah 		LAMRYEU
HNNYEU OBD
HZQYEU 		לאמריהו
חנניהו עבד
חזקיהו
(Seal) of Domla, servant
(decorative lines)
(of) Hezekiah 		LDMLA.OBD
(decorative lines)
HZQYEU 		לדמלא.עבד
 (decorative lines)
 חזקיהו
(Seal) of Domla, serv-
ant (of) Hezekiah
(pomegranates form seal border) 		LDMLA OB
D HZQYEU 		לדמלא עב
ד חזקיהו
(Seal) of Domla,
servant (of) Hezek-
iah 		LDMLA
OBD.HZQ
YEU 		לדמלא
עבד.חזק
יהו
(Seal) of Ushn-
a, servant (of) Hez-
ekiah 		LASN
A OBD HZ
QYEU 		לאשנ
א עבד חז
קיהו
(Seal) of Yehozar-
ah, son (of) Hilk-
iah, servant (of) He-
zekiah 		LYEUZR
H BN HLQ
YEU OBD H
ZQYEU 		ליהוזר
ח בן חלק
יהו עבד ח
זקיהו

Another seal naming "Azariah, son of Yeho'ah, servant of Hezekiah" will be described here in the future.
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