1st-Temple-period seal exposed in Kotel Plaza excavations

Arutz Sheva ^ | 1/1/18

[Eleutheria5]

The Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Monday that a unique stamped piece of clay from the First Temple period, inscribed in ancient Hebrew script, was unearthed in the authority excavations in the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem's Old City.

The artifact originally belonged to the “governor of the city” of Jerusalem – the most prominent local position to be held in Jerusalem of 2700 years ago. According to the excavator, Dr. Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah, "the Bible mentions two governors of Jerusalem, and this finding thus reveals that such a position was actually held by someone in the city some 2700 years...

[editor-surveyor]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW7zygjk0f0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_igZfXsFJQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTdKznTA9iY&list=PLy_8J5ukioZuaX1QE8v_xvFG1UZCYGTwk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW8HM9RQYlI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrQt3ei3ZvE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PoTP3A8VVI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaCGd4mtyMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LylOUSYHUkc

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Eleutheria5.

[jalisco555]

Please point me to examples of documents or seals that are contemporary with the period of David and Solomon and that corroborate the biblical account of their rules. Seriously, I would love to be proven wrong.

[editor-surveyor]

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Just follow the links that I posted.

There are scores od seals, signets, and personal communications directly associated with David right there in the depths of the digs at his city.

[SunkenCiv]

Whoops! And thanks Pollster1!

[BroJoeK]

jalisco555: "There have been structures from the period but no documents or seals.
No contemporary mentions of David or Solomon.
The closest mention of David’s name was around a century after the period."

editor-surveyor to jalisco555: "Total ignorant falsehood!"

editor-surveyor to freepertoo:

"Temple Mount dig, Muslim & Byzantine periods 6 minutes.

Temple Mount dig, 1st Temple, King Hezekiah period 7 minutes.

Temple Mount dig, 1st Temple, King Hezekiah / Jeremiah / Roman / 2nd Temple, 43 minutes

Temple Mount, 1st Temple, King Hezekiah, 9 minutes

Temple Mount, 1st & 2nd Temple, 12 minutes

Temple Mount, after 1st Temple destruction, 2 minutes

Roman period, 4 minutes

Advertisement for City of David jewelry," modern period, 1 minute

Reports on wonderful work & finds in the City of David from late 1st Temple period, but nothing about Kings David or Solomon.
jalisco555 is correct, so far.

[editor-surveyor]

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They actually found two of David’s seals.
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[BroJoeK]

"They actually found two of David’s seals."

Not mentioned in your links above, so I did some googling and found recent mentions.
However, all the links I could find (i.e., Jerusalem Post) are too clunky to use, and near as I can tell, they're talking about recent finds of King David era seals.

Of course, there is a King David stela from Tel Dan, circa 800 BC, found in 1993.