Shema seal explained
The Shema Seal is an ancient Jasper seal that dates back to the 8th century BCE and mentions the King of ancient Israel, Jeroboam.[1] [2] [3]
Discovery
Archaeologist Gottlieb Schumacher and his team began excavating at Megiddo and found the seal during a three-year excavation program.[4] The seal was discovered in 1904, in an excavation dump. The layers in which it was found were dated to the eighth century BCE.[5] [6] Schumacher send the original seal to Istanbul but it never returned.[7] Its current location is unknown. A bronze cast made before it was sent away.[8] [9]
Bulla
In the 1980s Yigal Ronen, a nuclear engineer and amateur antiquities collector from the Ben Gurion university, visited the Bedouin market in Be'er Sheva.[10] He was offered a tiny clay lump stamped with the image of a roaring lion and ancient Hebrew writing. Ronen bought it for 10 Shekels, even though suspecting it to be a forgery.[11] [12]
It turned out to be authentical.[13] It is not the original Meggido seal, but features the same images and dates from the same period as the original.[14] [15] [16]
Text
“Belonging to Shema (שמע)[17] the servant of Jeroboam.”[18] [19]
Hebrew to English translation:
‘Ishm’ ‘bdyrbm’
See also
References
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- Web site: Merrill . A. L. . Shema' Seal . 2024-02-16 . dl.atla.com.
- Ussishkin . David . Gate 1567 at Megiddo and the Seal of Shema, Servant of Jeroboam . In: M.D. Coogan et al. (Eds.), Scripture and Other Artifacts; Essays on the Bible and Archaeology in Honor of Philip J. King, Louisville, 1994, Pp. 410-428.
- Web site: May 24 . Eleanor Clarke • . Ancient Seal Proves Biblical King Jeroboam . 2024-02-16 . ArmstrongInstitute.org . en.
- Web site: Lidzbarski . Mark . Seal of Shema, Servant of Jereboam . 2024-02-16 . World History Encyclopedia . en.
- Book: King, Philip J. . Amos, Hosea, Micah: An Archaeological Commentary . 1988-01-01 . Westminster John Knox Press . 978-0-664-24077-6 . en.
- Book: Fant . Clyde E. . Lost Treasures of the Bible: Understanding the Bible Through Archaeological Artifacts in World Museums . Reddish . Mitchell G. . 2008-10-15 . Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing . 978-0-8028-2881-1 . en.
- Book: Dating the Iron Age IIB Archaeological Horizon in Israel and Judah . 2020 . Zaphon . 978-3-96327-086-4.
- Web site: Israel Museum Photos . 2024-02-21 . www.julianspriggs.co.uk.
- Aḥituv . Shmuel . Ayalon . Avner . Bar-Matthews . Mira . Goren . Yuval . Magen . Michael . Oren . Eliezer D. . Shamir . Orit . 2023-07-03 . A Seal Impression of 'ShemaꜤ Servant of Jeroboam' . Tel Aviv . en . 50 . 2 . 216–230 . 10.1080/03344355.2023.2246817 . 0334-4355 . free.
- News: בלומנטל . איתי . 2020-12-09 . אחרי שנקנה בשוק ב-10 שקלים התברר: החותם בן כ-3,000 שנה . 2024-02-16 . Ynet . he.
- News: Uncovering biblical king Jeroboam .
- News: 'Fake' Seal Impression of Biblical King Jeroboam Is Authentic, New Study Says . 2024-02-16 . Haaretz . en.
- Web site: Jeroboam's Bulla . 2024-02-16 . Digital Manna Ministries, Inc. . en.
- News: 2,700 years ago, tiny clay piece sealed deal for Bible's King Jeroboam II . The Times Of Israel.
- Web site: Archaeology news: 2.300-year -old seal of Biblical king Jeroboam II found in Israel Science News Express.co.uk . 2024-02-17 . www.express.co.uk.
- Web site: Ancient Hebrew seals : Reifenberg, A. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive . Internet Archive . 2023-03-25 . 2024-02-20.
- Avigad . N. . 1964 . Seals and Sealings . Israel Exploration Journal . 14 . 3 . 190–194 . 27924985 . 0021-2059.
- Web site: Seal from reign of Jeroboam II. "Shema, servant of Jeroboam" . Visual Arts Legacy Collection . community.13589433.
