The Pomegranate Loving Bullae Maker

Robert Deutsch has sent along a couple more bullae- which he suggests may have been made by the same person who made the Netanyahu, Son of Ya’ash Seal. I’m not sure how this could be proven, if at all. But here they are along with drawings which may be a bit clearer than the artifacts themselves (and may not be re-used or posted without his express written permission). Click to enlarge:

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I wonder- did seal makers ’sign’ their work with a particular symbol or representation? Now that makes me go hmmmm….

2 Comments

  1. Yitzhak Sapir
    Posted March 17, 2008 at 2:36 am | Permalink

    Why do you keep spelling the name as Ya’ash? The most reasonable reading is Ya’ush.

  2. Posted March 17, 2008 at 4:55 pm | Permalink

    The funny thing is one of the possible translations of the name on the seal:

    Netanyahu, the son of despair…(YEUSH in Hebrew)

    Talk about connecting archaeology and contemporary issues … :-)

    Aren

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