Michael Welch's #87 LMLK Handle

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Description by Michael Welch:  #87 Seven-eighths of a jar handle. Pottery color is brownish gray with white grits throughout, and a black core and some encrustation. Bears a type M2D impression. The impression is made in the deep valley in between two ridges. Out of LMLK on the top, the last Lamed and the Kaph are clear. There appears to be an exclamation point after the Kaph. Out of MMST on the bottom, the Shin and the tau are very clear. About one-fourth of the two winged sun disc remains. There are some finger or fingernail impressions near the seal, probably made during the sealing by one of King Hezekiah's Royal Officials.

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This page was created on June 3, 2003, & last updated on June 3, 2003