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Edomite Seal, 7th-6th century BCE

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Edomite Seal “Belonging to msŒkt son of vh\zm.” It was discovered in 1990 at ‘En Hatzeva. Although not found among the crushed cultic objects in the pit, this seal, showing two robed figures on either side of an altar, may have belonged to an Edomite priest- One figure (on the right)—perhaps the priest—appears to be making a blessing, the other to be making an offering.

 

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Smashing the Idols- Piecing Together an Edomite Shrine in Judah, Rudolph Cohen and Yigal Yisrael, BAR 22-04, Jul-Aug 1996.

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