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Note:  Large dot indicates approximate location of Tell en-Nasbeh (possibly Biblical Mizpah).

General statistics:
  • 19 HBRN
  • 09 MMST
  • 05 SUKE
  • 11 ZYF
  • 09 Generic
  • 35 cannot classify by inscription


  • 72 2-winged
  • 16 4-winged

Note--These statistics are from IEJ vol. 34, photographs shown on this website, & an unpublished S2U handle.

Specific statistics: Generic HBRN MMST SUKE ZYF
2-Winged (Rigid & Top-Register) 9 1 2 1 1
2-Winged Divided   6 3 2 7
2-Winged Undivided   3 4 1 1
4-Winged Lapidarist   4 0 1 0
4-Winged Cursory (many; all Type 484s)   5     1
4-Winged Cursory (few; mostly pithoi)     0   1

    G2T

  1. G2T, 4:00, AGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (AE20x, I, X47; click for detailed photos):


  2. G2T, 4:00, AGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M396, S357, "W"; click for detailed photos):


  3. G2T, 8:00, SGC, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (AB16x, I, X87; click for detailed photos):


  4. G2T, 8:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (AC16x, I, X45; click for detailed photos):


  5. G2T, 10:00, AGC, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Room 393, I, X5; click for detailed photos):


  6. G2T, 10:00, AGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M396, S357, "E"; click for detailed photos):


  7. G2T, 10:00, AGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M396, S357, "N"; click for detailed photos):


  8. G2T, 10:00, AGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M396, S357, "S"; click for detailed photos):


  9. G2T, 11:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M1602; click for detailed photos):


  10. H2D

  11. H2D, 3:00, AGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Dump, AA-AB26, X1; click for detailed photos):

  12. H2D, 3:00, AGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M1702, P24; click for detailed photos):


  13. H2D, 3:00, SGC, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Cistern 176, X21, M1019; click for detailed photos):


  14. Note:  This impression also appears in "Tell en-Nasbeh volume 1" by Chester McCown

  15. H2D, 3:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Room 240, I, X1; click for detailed photos):


  16. H2D, 4:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (S11, X3; click for detailed photos):


  17. Note:  This impression also appears in "Tell en-Nasbeh volume 1" by Chester McCown

  18. H2D, 9:00, xxx, 2 from "Tell en-Nasbeh volume 1" by Chester McCown (Cistern 370, M2545; IAA #1935-3105):

  19. H2T

  20. H2T, 9:00, xxx, 0 from "Eretz-Israel vol. 15" published by The Israel Exploration Society (#2453; IAA #1935-3090):

  21. H2U

  22. H2U, 3:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M730; click for detailed photos):

  23. H2U, 9:00, AGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M2718; click for detailed photos):


  24. H2U, 9:00, xxx, 0 ID #M1703 at the IAA (#1932-2532):


  25. H4C

  26. H4C, 6:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (AB25, X1; click for detailed photos):


  27. H4C, 7:00, AGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M2721; click for detailed photos):


  28. H4C, 12:00, AGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M2452; click for detailed photos):


  29. Note:  This impression also appears in "Tell en-Nasbeh volume 1" by Chester McCown

  30. H4C, 12:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (AC15x, I, X44; click for detailed photos):


  31. H4C, x:00, xxx, x from "Tell en-Nasbeh vol. 1" by Chester McCown (M829):


  32. H4L

  33. H4L, 6:00, SGC, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (#2865; click for detailed photos):


  34. Note:  This impression also appears in "Tell en-Nasbeh volume 1" by Chester McCown

  35. H4L, 12:00, SGC, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (#405; click for detailed photos):


  36. H4L, 12:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (#2827; click for detailed photos):


  37. Note:  This impression also appears in "Tell en-Nasbeh volume 1" by Chester McCown

  38. H4L, x:00, xxx, x from "Tell en-Nasbeh volume 1" by Chester McCown (#998):


  39. M2D

  40. M2D, 3:00, AGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M2339; click for detailed photos):


  41. Note:  This impression also appears in "Tell en-Nasbeh volume 1" by Chester McCown

  42. M2D, 3:00, SGG, 2 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M2844, Room 141; click for detailed photos):


  43. M2D, 4:00, SGC, 1 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M1697; click for detailed photos):


  44. Note:  This impression also appears in "Tell en-Nasbeh volume 1" by Chester McCown

    M2T

  45. M2T, 3:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (AB15, I, X15; click for detailed photos):


  46. M2T, 4:00, SGC, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Dump AB14-15, I, X11; click for detailed photos):


  47. M2U

  48. M2U, 3:00, xxx, 0 ID #M1543 at the IAA (#1935-3096):


  49. M2U, 9:00, xxx, 0 ID #M2234 at the IAA (#1935-3220):


  50. M2U, x:00, xxx, x from "Tell en-Nasbeh volume 1" by Chester McCown (#2488):


  51. M2U, x:00, xxx, x from "Tell en-Nasbeh volume 1" by Chester McCown (#2834):


  52. S2DR

  53. S2DR, 4:00, SGC, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M696, Dump 233; click for detailed photos):


  54. Note:  This impression also appears in "Tell en-Nasbeh volume 1" by Chester McCown

    S2DW

  55. S2DW, 4:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (X12, I, X64; click for detailed photos):


  56. S2DW, 9:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M1679, Room 268, X7; click for detailed photos):


  57. S2U

  58. S2U, 10:00, AGC, 0 at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary found on the surface by J.D. Zimmerman in the 1950s (handle ID# 5; museum ID# 08-26; no photos allowed)
  59. S4L

  60. S4L, x:00, xxx, x (ID:  M1796) (no photos available)
  61. Type x2xR (rigid wing design)

  62. x2xR, 9:00, AGx, x from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (R24, I, X27; click for detailed photos):


  63. Note:  Probably an S2DR based on the wing & 2 visible letters in the top register

  64. x2xR, 10:00, SGx, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (R22, I, X3; click for detailed photos):


  65. Note:  Probably an M2T based on the wing design & possibly a portion of the tau remaining

    x2x

  66. x2x, x:00, xxx, x (ID:  M676) (no photos available)


  67. x2x, x:00, xxx, 2 (ID:  M785) (no photos available)


  68. x2x, x:00, xxx, 2 (ID:  M1435, Dump, V12-W12, I, 12-Mar-1932) (no photos available)


  69. x2x, x:00, xxx, 2 (ID:  M1531) (no photos available)


  70. x2x, x:00, xxx, 2 (ID:  M1692) (no photos available)


  71. x2x, 3:00, AGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Room 224, X5; click for detailed photos):


  72. x2x, 3:00, AGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Room 514, I, X42; click for detailed photos):


  73. Note:  Probably an H2D

  74. x2x, 3:00, AGG, 2 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (AB16x, I, X67; click for detailed photos):


  75. Note:  This impression from may indicate a unique S2x seal type since it appears to have the first letter of SUKE both above & below the wing on the right side.  Also compare to Gibeon stamp field # 413; stamp # 150; museum ID# 60-13-115.  A similar one excavated from Lachish was described (but not photographed) by David Diringer in PEQ 7-1941 published by The Palestine Exploration Fund, "... a very interesting stamp (K.14/J.14, Pal.A.G.) which also belongs to the third sub-division.  Owing to the shape of the handle, the stamp has been badly impressed, particularly in the lower part, in such a way that there is lack of space for the place-name.  It seems that the maker desired to solve this problem by an artifice, & tried to impress the place-name over the figure; if this suggestion is right, the traces which we see in the figure would be the remains of a shin & of the head of a waw ..."

  76. x2x, 3:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Cistern 370, I, X125; click for detailed photos):


  77. Note:  Possibly an H2D, M2D, or Z2D

  78. x2x, 3:00, SGG, 2 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (215x, I, X35; click for detailed photos):


  79. Note:  Probably an H2D; possibly a Z2D

  80. x2x, 3:00, SGG, 2 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (X120; click for detailed photos):


  81. x2x, 4:00, AGC, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Room 433, I, X20; click for detailed photos):


  82. x2x, 4:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Cistern 183, X114; click for detailed photos):


  83. x2x, 4:00, SGG, 2 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (AB17x, I, X26; click for detailed photos):


  84. x2x, 4:00, SGG, 2 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Room 546, II, X17; click for detailed photos):


  85. x2x, 5:00, SGx, x from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M1838; click for detailed photos):


  86. x2x, 9:00, AGC, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (R24, I, X3; click for detailed photos):


  87. x2x, 9:00, SGC, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M1501; click for detailed photos):


  88. Note:  Possibly an H2D, H2T, M2D, M2U, or Z2D

  89. x2x, 9:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (P21, I, X5; click for detailed photos):


  90. Note:  Probably an H2D; possibly an S2DR

  91. x2x, 9:00, SGG, 2 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Cistern 191, X34; click for detailed photos):


  92. x2x, 9:00, SGx, 2 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M2848; click for detailed photos):


  93. x2x, 10:00, AGC, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (AA14, I, X34; click for detailed photos):


  94. x2x, 10:00, AGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Room 390, I, X41; click for detailed photos):


  95. x2x, 10:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Dump, AA23, X4; click for detailed photos):


  96. x2x, 10:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M1447; click for detailed photos):


  97. x2x, 10:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Locus M14x, I, X37; click for detailed photos):


  98. x2x, 10:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M2915, Q12, X5; click for detailed photos):


  99. x2x, 11:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M2710; click for detailed photos):


  100. Note:  Probably a Z2D; possibly an M2U

  101. x2x, x:00, SGx, x from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (AB19, I, X17; click for detailed photos):


  102. x4C

  103. x4C, 9:00, PPP, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (AK21; click for detailed photos):


  104. Note:  Probably an M4C; possibly a Z4CY

  105. x4C, 12:00, AGC, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Room 440, I, X31; click for detailed photos):


  106. x4L

  107. x4L, 7:00, SGC, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (AA18x, I, X25; click for detailed photos):


  108. Note:  Probably an S4L; possibly an H4L

  109. x4L, 12:00, AGC, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (AB15, I, X14; click for detailed photos):


  110. Note:  Probably an H4L; possibly an S4L

    Z2D

  111. Z2D, 3:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M2366; click for detailed photos):


  112. Z2D, 3:00, SGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M681; click for detailed photos):


  113. Z2D, 3:00, SGG, 2 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M2849; click for detailed photos):


  114. Z2D, 3:00, SGG, 2 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Z13, X78; click for detailed photos):


  115. Z2D, 4:00, SGC, 2 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M549; click for detailed photos):


  116. Note:  This impression also appears in "Tell en-Nasbeh volume 1" by Chester McCown

  117. Z2D, 4:00, SGG, 2 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M2869; click for detailed photos):


  118. Z2D, x:00, xxx, x from "Tell en-Nasbeh volume 1" by Chester McCown (#1441):


  119. Z2T

  120. Z2T, 3:00, SGC, 2 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M1842; click for detailed photos):


  121. Z2U

  122. Z2U, 4:00, SGC, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (AE20x, I, X42; click for detailed photos):


  123. Z4CI

  124. Z4CI, 12:00, AGG, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (M1462; click for detailed photos):


  125. Z4CY

  126. Z4CY, 11:00, PPP, 0 from the Bade Institute at the Pacific School of Religion (Room 467, I, X29; click for detailed photos):


"Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah ... & they took away the stones & timber of Ramah ... & with them King Asa built ... Mizpah."--1Kings 15:22
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