Jar Handle Mailing a package, whether today or as far back as in ancient times, requires that the package bear certain markings: the place where the package originated or perhaps the name of the recipient. However, what is written on the handle of this jug? After all the hard work collecting and sifting the archeological material on the Temple Mount, it is somewhat disappointing to see that the ancient potter who produced this jug was a little sloppy and failed to leave us a clear and legible seal impression. Fortunately, this is not the first time such a seal impression has been discovered and, through a comparison with similar stamps, we know what we are supposed to see when we look at this jug. In this fragment of a jug handle, which was discovered in the Givati Parking Lot Excavation in the City of David, we can clearly see a five-pointed star in the center of the seal. However, the star is not the story here, but rather what is found between the points. If we look carefully at the seal, we make out a number of ancient Hebrew letters. To decipher the writing on the unclear seal impression of the fragment of the wine jug handle, we should look at this picture of an earring, whose production was inspired by the seal and which clearly … Continue reading A Stamped Jar Handle Fragment