Jezebel's Royal Seal
A new evaluation of an ancient seal (originally discovered in 1964) suggests that the seal--impressed with what appear to me to be hieroglyphs, although perhaps they're just symbolic icons--belonged to Jezebel, the biblical wife of Ahab. The Jezebel hypothesis was put forth when the seal was discovered, but was criticized because the spelling of Jezebel's name is incorrect. The new study proposes the missing letters of Jezebel's name were located on the broken upper edge of the stone.
Hat Tip to Young Cosmos, where there are several interesting posts up, including this one on "ancient amphibian" fossils.
Image courtesy Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Posted on Monday, November 5, 2007 at 08:05PM
by
Daniel James Devine
in History & Culture
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Very Neat!