by hadassah | Dec 25, 2008 | Persian Period
Zenon Papyrus, 259 BCE Zenon Papyrus One of the most valuable sources of information about conditions in Palestine in the middle of the third century is the correspondence of Zenon, an official of the finance minister Apollonius who served under Ptolemy II....
by hadassah | Dec 25, 2008 | Persian Period
Yehud Coin 3, 4th century BCE Obverse- Bearded male bust in three quarters to right wearing crested helmet. Reverse- Bearded male divinity seated to right on winged wheel, holding a falcon on his extended left; in lower right field, mask to left; above, Aramaic...
by hadassah | Dec 16, 2008 | Persian Period
The Glory of Susa, c. 500 BCE The glory of Susa- glazed brick wall decorations from the palace of Darius the Great, c. 500 BCE. Griffons under the winged disc of Ahura Mazda, the god of Wisdom. Lower- The frieze of archers of the Persian royal guard, the...
by hadassah | Dec 16, 2008 | Persian Period
The Yehawmilk Stele, c. 450 BCE Phoenicia, Byblos, Lebanon Conchitic limestone H. 1.14 m; W. 0.55 m; Th. 0.26 m The Yehawmilk Stele was discovered in 1869. It is a 14-line inscription in Phoenician. Yehawmilk, the king of Gubal, ancient Byblos, dedicated this...
by hadassah | Dec 11, 2008 | Persian Period
Contract from Elephantine, 451 BCE One of the Aramaic papyri found in the Jewish mercenary colony of Elephantine in Egypt. The date appears on the top of the document- the 20th of Sivan, in the year 24 of Artaxerxes, King of Persia (July 6, 451 BCE). This...
by hadassah | Dec 11, 2008 | Persian Period
Elephantine Ostraca, early 5th century BCE Two hundred and fifty ostraca were recovered during French excavations between 1906 and 1908 at Elephantine, an island in the Nile near the First Cataract. The ostraca date to about the early fifth century B.C.E. and...
