Michael Welch's #4 LMLK Handle

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Description by Michael Welch:  #4 One-half to three-fourths handle with small amount of jar pottery remaining.  Pottery color is brownish with white grits throughout and a black core.  Bears a H4L type impression.  Out of LMLK on the top, traces of all four letters remain, with the first Lamed and the Kaph preserved the most.  On the bottom out of HBRN, traces of all four letters remain with the Resh being the clearest.  The whole impression was done on very wet clay, making the eight letters fill in, run together, or smudge.  However the four winged stylized scarab is complete and pretty clear.  An old black ink #39 from a previous collection is on the bottom.

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This page was created on March 13, 2003, & last updated on April 7, 2003