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 		Note:  The stray diagonal mark near the top of the seal (just to the left of the letter Mem) may have been the intended beginning of the first Lamed letter, which would imply that this might have been the first seal of the x2U series & therefore the first 2-winged LMLK seal; but it also could have been a deliberate vertical word divider (although it would have been a mistake based on all the other seals); or it might have been the beginning of the second Lamed letter & the engraver halted thinking there would not be room for the letter Kaf above the icon, which again would imply that this might have been the first seal of the x2U series & therefore the first 2-winged LMLK seal; one thing known for certain is that this Z2U design was used in 1948 on the first postage stamps to bear the name of the state of Israel

Actual size:  31 x 22mm (1.2 x 0.9")

These impressions have been excavated from:
Note:  Stamp listings are in the following format:
Seal Type, Seal Orientation, Pottery Type, Incision Type

  1. Z2U, 3:00, SGC, 0 from the private collection of Michael Welch (ID#152; click for detailed photos):

  2. Z2U, 3:00, SGC, 0 from the private collection of Michael Welch (ID#160; click for detailed photos):

  3. Z2U, 3:00, SGG, 0 from the private collection of Michael Welch (ID#53; click for detailed photos):

  4. Z2U, 3:00, SGx, 0 from the private collection of Michael Welch (ID#137; click for detailed photos):

  5. Z2U, 3:00, SGx, 0 reproduced by permission of the Palestine Exploration Fund in London, England (#135):

  6. Z2U, 3:00, SGx, 0 from a February 2009 press release by the IAA (Umm Tuba excavated by Zubair Adawi; photo #7 by Mariana Saltzberger; click for detailed photos):

  7. Z2U, 3:00, xxx, 0 from "Qedem:  Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology 42" by Amihai Mazar & Nava Panitz-Cohen, distributed by The Israel Exploration Society (Timnah #7125):

  8. Z2U, 3:00, xxx, x from "Qedem:  Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology 29" by Eilat Mazar & Benjamin Mazar, distributed by The Israel Exploration Society (from Ophel south of the Temple Mount; Jerusalem #149):


    9. Note:  This impression also appears in "The Excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem Near the Temple Mount" by B. Mazar

  9. Z2U, 3:00, AGG, 0 from a private collection in Redondo Beach (ID#28; click for detailed photos):

  10. Z2U, 3:00, SCG, 0 formerly owned by Robert Deutsch--present location unknown (Auction 38 lot #249; LMLK Dotcom ID# 090; click for detailed photos):

  11. Z2U, 3:00, SGG, 0 at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (Beth Shemesh ID# 953; museum ID# 61-14-1187; click for detailed photos)

  12. Z2U, 3:00, SGG, 0 from a private collection in Redondo Beach (ID#47; click for detailed photos):


    13. Note:  This impression also appears on the cover of "Archaeology, Stamps and Coins of the State of Israel" by Yitzhak Zahavy

  13. Z2U, 3:00, SGx, 0 formerly in the Chaya collection--present location unknown (LMLK Dotcom ID# 050; click for detailed photos):

  14. Z2U, 3:00, xxx, 0 from "The Hebrew Scripts, Part Two, The Plates, 1954-1957 " by Solomon A. Birnbaum (IDAM P-617):


    15. Note:  This impression also appears in:
    • "Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land" by Avraham Negev
    • "Handbook of Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions" by Shmuel Ahituv
    • The Israel Philatelist vol. 57 #3 published by The Society of Israel Philatelists

  15. Z2U, 4:00, SGC, 0 from a private collection in Redondo Beach (ID#31; click for detailed photos):

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

  17. Z2U, 4:00, SGG, 0 at the Magill Library (Beth Shemesh ID# 951; click for detailed photos)

  18. Z2U, 4:00, SGx, 0 from Gezer at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum (click for detailed photos by Todd Bolen of BiblePlaces Dotcom):

  19. Z2U, 4:00, SGx, 0 at the Museum of Archaeology & Biblical History (ID# 04.001; click for detailed photos):

  20. Z2U, 4:00, xxx, 0 from "Eretz-Israel vol. 15" published by The Israel Exploration Society (from Aroer):


    21. Note:  This impression also appears in BAR vol. 28 #1 published by The Biblical Archaeology Society

  21. Z2U, 4:00, xxx, 0 from "Eretz-Israel vol. 23" published by The Israel Exploration Society (#9):

  22. Z2U, 9:00, SGG, 0 from the private collection of Michael Welch (ID#143; click for detailed photos):

  23. Z2U, 9:00, SGx, 0 formerly owned by Robert Deutsch--present location unknown (LMLK Dotcom ID# 072; click for detailed photos):

  24. Z2U, 9:00, xxx, 0 from "Eretz-Israel vol. 23" published by The Israel Exploration Society (#34):

  25. Z2U, 9:00, xxx, 0 from Jerusalem, Kenyon's City of David Reg. #7241 at the IAA (#1968-1217):


  26. Z2U, 9:00, xxx, 0 from "Qedem:  Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology 42" by Amihai Mazar & Nava Panitz-Cohen, distributed by The Israel Exploration Society (Timnah #7336):


    27. Note:  This impression also appears in:
    • "Archaeology of the Land of the Bible" by Amihai Mazar
    • "Eretz-Israel vol. 18" by A. Mazar

  27. Z2U, 10:00, AGG, 0 at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (Beth Shemesh ID# 952; museum ID# 61-14-1180; click for detailed photos)

  28. Z2U, 10:00, SGC, 0 from a private collection in Redondo Beach (ID#46; click for detailed photos):

  29. Z2U, 10:00, SGG, 0 from a private collection in Redondo Beach (ID#53; click for detailed photos):


    30. Note:  This impression also appears on the cover of "Archaeology, Stamps and Coins of the State of Israel" by Yitzhak Zahavy

  30. Z2U, 11:00, xxx, x courtesy of Ze'ev Herzog (Arad Reg. No. 6083/1):

  31. Z2U, x:00, xxx, x from "Eretz-Israel vol. 15" published by The Israel Exploration Society (from Gezer):

  32. Z2U, x:00, xxx, x from "Investigations at Lachish:  The Sanctuary & the Residency (Lachish V)" by Yohanan Aharoni (Lachish 332-1; 19-14):

  33. Z2U, x:00, xxx, x from PEQ 7-1941 published by The Palestine Exploration Fund (Lachish #7-7):


    34. Note:  This impression also appears in:
    • "L'Epigrafia Ebraica Antica 1935-1950" by Sabatino Moscati
    • "Lachish III (Tel ed-Duweir):  The Iron Age (Plates)" by Olga Tufnell

"For the cherubim spread their 2 wings over the place of the ark, & the cherubim overshadowed the ark & its poles."--1Kings 8:7
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