Two officials from Jeremiah 38, in clay
Two men named together in a single verse of Jeremiah turn up as two sealings from the same excavation area.
Außerbiblisch genanntObjektc. 590 BC
Two bullae found metres apart in the same excavation: "Yehuchal son of Shelemyahu" and "Gedalyahu son of Pashhur". Jeremiah 38 names Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Gedaliah the son of Pashur together, in one verse, as the officials who demanded the prophet's death.
Belonging to Yehuchal son of Shelemyahu. · Belonging to Gedalyahu son of Pashhur.
- Gefunden
- The City of David, Jerusalem, 2005 — Eilat Mazar's excavation (second bulla 2008)
- Heute in
- Israel Antiquities Authority
- Sprache
- Hebrew
- Wie es zu uns kam
- Ausgegraben oder noch dort stehend, wo es errichtet wurde.
Was er zeigt
Both are stratified finds with matching names and patronyms. As always with common Hebrew names, identity with the biblical individuals is very likely rather than proven.
Wie Historiker es nutzen
Cited in Iron Age epigraphy; the pairing from one excavation is what makes the case unusual.
In der Schrift
Verbunden mit
Quellen
- Mazar, "The Wall That Nehemiah Built", BAR 35 (2009), on the Ophel/City of David bullae
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