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.
Ametajwa nje ya BibliaKituc. 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.
- Kilipatikana
- The City of David, Jerusalem, 2005 — Eilat Mazar's excavation (second bulla 2008)
- Kinahifadhiwa
- Israel Antiquities Authority
- Lugha
- Hebrew
- Jinsi kilivyotufikia
- Kimefukuliwa, au bado kimesimama pale kilipojengwa.
Kinachoonyesha
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.
Jinsi wanahistoria wanavyokitumia
Cited in Iron Age epigraphy; the pairing from one excavation is what makes the case unusual.
Katika Maandiko
Kinahusiana na
Vyanzo
- Mazar, "The Wall That Nehemiah Built", BAR 35 (2009), on the Ophel/City of David bullae
Kwa sasa maelezo haya yapo kwa Kiingereza. Tafsiri zitafuata.