Posted on 08/29/2024 6:26:25 AM PDT by SJackson
The stone ring indicates a multi-national culture thriving in ancient Jerusalem
"The figure of a winged man in a distinct Neo-Assyrian style is unique and very rare in the glyphic styles of the late First Temple period," he added. "The influence of the Assyrian Empire, which had conquered the entire region, is clearly evident here."
The seal depicts a winged genie in the style of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, which the excavating team argued showed the influence of the empire in the region in the 7th and 8th centuries. The press release said the "figure raises one arm forward, with an open palm; perhaps to suggest some object it is holding. On both sides of the figure an inscription is engraved in paleo-Hebrew script – "LeYehoʼezer ben Hoshʼayahu."
The release continues that, "The name Yehoʼezer is familiar to us from the Bible (Chron. I 12:7) in its abbreviated form – Yoʼezer, one of King David's fighters," while also stating that "in the book of Jeremiah (43:2), describing the events of this very period, a person is mentioned with a parallel name, ʼAzariah ben Hoshʼaya. The two parts of his first name are written in reverse order to the seal owner’s name, and his second name is the same, appearing in its abbreviated form. This writing form in the text fits the name on the newly discovered seal and it is thus appropriate for this time period."
Ze'ev Orenstein, director of International Affairs for the City of David Foundation, told Fox News Digital that
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"This singular find joins the list of countless archeological discoveries in the City of David - the historic site of Biblical Jerusalem - affirming Jerusalem's Biblical heritage."
"It similarly serves as yet another affirmation of the thousands-of-year-old bond rooting the Jewish people in Jerusalem - not simply as a matter of faith, but as a matter of fact," he said.
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So... Hebrew script 2,700 years ago... And these Palestinian squatters arrived when? They didn’t even have a religion until about 1,400 years ago... Before that, they were just heathens.
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Curiously, NOTHING has EVER turned up proving the existence of the State of Palace Swine… stupid voice to text… Palestine.
Everywhere they dig in the middle east they mostly turn up evidence of Israel.
Funny how that works.
I didn’t know seals lived that long.
This information really flippers the script, doesn’t it? ;^)
:-)
So, let me get this straight, the inscription Does Not read “from the river to the sea”?
Kind of skeptical as well.
“from the river to the sea”
Now in reverse “From the Sea to the River” would mean ancient Israel as the promise was from the Red Sea to the Euphrates.
ANOTHER SOLID PIECE OF EVIDENCE FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
"The figure of a winged man in a distinct Neo-Assyrian style is unique and very rare in the glyphic styles of the late First Temple period," he added. "The influence of the Assyrian Empire, which had conquered the entire region, is clearly evident here."
2700 years puts it at the time of the prophet Isaiah, during the reigns of "Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah". Assyria is the big dog at this time, throwing its weight around the ancient near east. This is the time frame of the Syro-Ephriamite Crisis. This is the time frame when the northern kingdom gets finally smashed and taken into exile by the Assyrians. A few years later we have the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem.
We know, the Bible explicitly tells us, that King Ahaz met with the Assyrian king in Damascus, and sent back a model of an altar he saw there, to be copied and put in the LORD's temple.
There's also a couple major land routes to Egypt, down by the coast and east of the Jordan.
It should not be surprising at all to find Assyrian artifacts and Assyrian influence among the Israelites at the time.
(I'm reviewing the period right now, trying to understand some of what I'm seeing in the book of Isaiah.)
Baruch touted the piece as evidence of reading and writing abilities on a wider scale than previously thought during the period."Contrary to what may be commonly thought, it seems that literacy in this period was not the realm only of society’s elite," Baruch argued. "People knew how to read and write – at least at the basic level, for the needs of commerce."
I did find this interesting. I've always been a bit skeptical of the usual claim that reading was something only a tiny minority knew how to do in pre-modern times.
It would seem that some level of skill would be necessary for anyone involved in commerce or land owning. I suppose that could be provided by scribes, presuming a merchant trusted them.
Why is it called a ring? It looks like a disc to me.
The Greek alphabet was adapted from the Phoenician alphabet by adding characters to represent vowel sounds.
I took Hieroglyphics 101, 102, etc.:
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Note the hole in the base. As a seal it would be worn on the finger, lest it be lost.
The hole would have had a band threaded through it.
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