3848. CUNIFORM TABLET FOUND IN HAZOR

3851. CUNEIFORM TERRACOTTA TABLET, CA. 1820 B.C. LARSA, MESOPOTAMIA This tablet documents in detail the worship of the sungod, Utu/Shamash, the patron god of the city of Larsa as well as Ninsianna, the Venus star, and the other gods of the pantheon of the ancient Babylonians living in the time of Abraham.

3854. A BRONZE ARROW-HEAD BEARING AN INSCRIPTION IN PROTO-CNAANITE SCRIPT C. 17 – 16TH. C. B.C.

3858. MR. KANDO, THE ANTIQUE MERCHANT FROM BETH LECHEM WHO SOLD THE QUMRAN SCROLLS TO PROF. YADIN

3863. HEBRW SEAL AND IMPRESSION READING ‘ELYASHIV BEN ASHIYAHU’

390. ONE OF THE LACHISH OSTRACA DATING FROM THE 6TH. C. BC. THE TEXT IS WRITTEN IN BIBLICAL HEBREW AND DEALS WITH THE FATE OF ONE OF THE PROPHETS WHOSE NAME IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT CLEAR

4115. STONE CARVED HEBREW INSCRIPTIONS FROM A SYNAGOGUE IN GOLAN

4115. STONE CARVED HEBREW INSCRIPTIONS FROM A SYNAGOGUE IN GOLAN

4140., INSCRIPTION IN SAMARITAN SCRIPT FROM THE SAMARITAN SYNAGOGUE IN SHAALABIM

423. OSSUARY FOUND IN A BURIAL CAVE IN JERUSALEM INSCRIBED ‘SIMON THE TEMPLE BUILDER’. THE PERSON BURIED IN THIS OSSUARY WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE CRAFTSMEN WORKING ON KING HEROD’S TEMPLE PROJECT

426. LEAD WEIGHT (804 GR.), FOUND IN ONE OF THE BAR-COHBAH HIDING CAVES IN THE FLATLANDS OF JUDEA. DATING FROM C. 135 AD. THE INSCRIPTION READS: ‘SIMON DASUI SON OF COSBAH THE PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL’

4462. PROTO-CNAANITE INSCRIPTION ON A BRONZE TOOL

4692. INSCRIPTION WRITTEN ON PAPYRUS IN GREAK ON SUBJECT OF LAND OWNERSHIP. FOUND IN EIN-GEDDI BY THE DEAD SEA, BAR-COHBAH PERIOD

490. KING UZZIAH’S (785 – 754 B.C.) BURRIAL INSCRIPTION RECORDS THE REBURIAL OF THE KING’S REMAINS; ‘HITHER WERE BROUGHT THE BONES OF UZZIAH KING OF JUDAH. DO NOT OPEN’

491. NAZARETH, CHURCH OF ANNUNCIATION. GRAFFITI IN THE CONON GROTTO READING: ‘JESUS CHRIST, SON OF GOD, HELP’… FOLLOWED BY NAMES OF PILGRIMS

5062. QUMRAN SCROLL FRAGMENT – “WAR RULE” SCROLL DEALING WITH THE WAR BETWEEN THE FORCES OF GOOD AND EVIL

5063. THE ‘PSALMS SCROLL’ FROM QUMRAN CAVE 11. THE SCROLL CONTAINS A LITURGICAL COLLECTION FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF PSALMS. WRITTEN C 30-50 C.E.

5063. THE ‘PSALMS SCROLL’ FROM QUMRAN CAVE 11. THE SCROLL CONTAINS A LITURGICAL COLLECTION FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF PSALMS. WRITTEN C 30-50 C.E.

5235. LACHISH OSTRACON – A hastly scribbled message from the time of Zedekiah, King of Jehuda (587 BC, 2 Kings 25) as the Babylonian army advances on Jerusalem. Part of the text reads: …”We are watching for the beacon from Lachish following the signals you sir, gave but we do not see Azekah”

“5236. Lachish Letter I, Israelite, 586 BCFrom Lachish (modern Tell ed-Duweir), Israel This ostraka was found near the main gate of ancient Lachish in a burnt layer associated with the destruction of the city by the Babylonians in 586 BC. It is written in ink in alphabetic Hebrew, and reads: Gemaryahu, son of Hissilyahu Yaazanyahu, […]

5357. The prism (known as The Taylor’s Prism) contains important historical information on the Neo Assyrian empire, c. 9 to 7th. C. BC. The inscription contains the anals of king Sannacherib 704-681 BC. Inscriptions like this were ussualy made to celebrate the completion of an important building project, in this case the king’s palace in […]

5363. Proto Cnaanite inscription on a bowl found in Qubur el Walaydah, north/western Negev. The inscription is dated to 1200 BC and the preserved letters mention names of people and the word ‘sheep’

“5365. The Ryland Papyrus P52, the earliest surviving piece of New Testament Scripture. A fragment of a papyrus codex containing John 18:31-33 and 37-38, This papyrus was found in Egypt, and has been dated at about 125 A.D. It currently resides at the John Rylands Library in Manchester, England”

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