Enduring Impressions: The Stamped Jars of Judah

In ancient Judah, seal impressions stamped onto storage jars supported a centuries-long administrative system designed to collect and store agricultural products to pay the kingdom’s annual tribute to its foreign overlords. Examine the different impressions, attested from the eighth to second centur...

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Main Author: Lipshits, ʿOded 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2022
In: The Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2022, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 55-58
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Biblical archaeology
Further subjects:B JEWISH art & symbolism
B KINGS & rulers
B JUDAH (Tribe of Israel)
B MONOGRAMS
B HEBREW inscriptions
B STORAGE jars
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:In ancient Judah, seal impressions stamped onto storage jars supported a centuries-long administrative system designed to collect and store agricultural products to pay the kingdom’s annual tribute to its foreign overlords. Examine the different impressions, attested from the eighth to second centuries B.C.E., that evidence this long lived, centrally organized system.
ISSN:0098-9444
Contains:Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeology review