The Yehud Stamp Impressions: A Corpus of Inscribed Impressions from the Persian and Hellenistic Periods in Judah

Oded Lipschits; David S. Vanderhooft

Published by Penn State University Press 2011

The Yehud Stamp Impressions

A Corpus of Inscribed Impressions from the Persian and Hellenistic Periods in Judah

Oded Lipschits and David S. Vanderhooft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575066530

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The study of the yehud stamp impressions, which appear on the handles or bodies of store jars, has persisted for over a century, beginning with the discovery of the first of these impressions at Gezer in 1904. Nevertheless, until the pioneering work of Stern in 1973, who cataloged, classified, and discussed the stamp impressions known up to 1970, discovery and publication of new stamp impressions were scattered, and analysis was cursory at best. Furthermore, a gap in research has persisted since then.

Now, Oded Lipschits and David Vanderhooft are pleased to present a comprehensive catalog (through the winter of 2008–9) of published and unpublished yehud stamp impressions, with digital photographs and complete archaeological and publication data for each impression. This long-overdue resource provides a secure foundation for general reflection on the whole corpus and illuminates more-narrow fields such as stratigraphy, paleography, administration, historical geography, and Persian-period economic developments within Yehud. The catalog clarifies what is nebulous apart from a complete corpus, matters such as distribution, petrographic analysis of the clay, new readings of the seal legends, use of the toponym yehud, and significance of the title phwa. The scope of this catalog renders it a worthwhile tool for all future study of these invaluable artifacts and the period of history that produced them.

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Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
A. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
B. Geopolitical and Archaeological Considerations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
C. The Paleographical Framework for the yehud Stamp Impressions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
D. The Toponym Yehūd and the Title pḥwʾ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
E. The Early Types Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
F. The Middle Types Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
G. The Late Types Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	593
H. Summary and Synthesis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	758
Abbreviations of Periodicals and Series Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	765
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Index of Toponyms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	790
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Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Pages
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Published: June 30, 2011
ISBN: 9781575066530