The seal impression of Hezekiah
A named king of Judah, sealing documents in Jerusalem — recovered from stratified excavation rather than bought on the market.
Lave'i 'i tu'a mei he Tohi TapuMe'ac. 727–698 BC
A clay bulla — the lump of clay that sealed a rolled document — stamped with a royal seal reading "Belonging to Hezekiah, (son of) Ahaz, king of Judah". Unlike most inscribed bullae of biblical figures, this one came out of a controlled excavation rather than the antiquities market.
Belonging to Hezekiah, (son of) Ahaz, king of Judah.
- Na'e 'ilo'i
- The Ophel, at the foot of the southern wall of the Temple Mount, Jerusalem, 2009 — Eilat Mazar's excavation (identified 2015)
- 'Oku tauhi 'i
- Israel Antiquities Authority
- Lea
- Hebrew
Hono lahi 'o 'ene fakamo'oni
Provenanced and stratified, which is what distinguishes it from the many unprovenanced bullae attributed to biblical figures.
Founga hono ngāue'aki 'e he kau hisitōlia
Accepted as a genuine royal Judahite bulla; discussed in secular epigraphy for its iconography, which shifts to a winged sun disc during his reign.
'I he Folofola
Fekau'aki mo
Ngaahi ma'u'anga fakamatala
- Mazar, "Is This the Prophet Isaiah's Signature?", BAR 44 (2018), on the Ophel bullae context
- Bulla of Hezekiah — overview
'Oku 'i he lea faka-Pilitānia 'a e ngaahi fakamatala ko 'eni he taimi ni. 'E muimui mai 'a e liliu.