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
- Na'e a'u mai fēfē kiate kitautolu
- Na'e keli hake, pe 'oku kei tu'u 'i he potu na'e langa ai.
Ko e me'a 'oku ne fakahā
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
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