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Stamped Jar Handle
Unknown Artist/Makerlate 8th century BCE
The Jewish Museum, New York
New York, United States
This handle came from a storage jar stamped “[belonging] to the king, [Soc]oh,” along with an image of a scarab. The king in question was probably Hezekiah.
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Details
- Title: Stamped Jar Handle
- Creator: Unknown Artist/Maker
- Date Created: late 8th century BCE
- Location: Israel, Asia
- Physical Dimensions: 2 1/8 × 3 13/16 × 3 in. (5.4 × 9.7 × 7.6 cm)
- Provenance: Excavated from Lachish by L. Starkey and the Wellcome-Marston Archaeological Research Expedition, 1992-1933; given to H. Dunscombe Colte, donor and participant in Lachish excavation, 1933-1940; donated to the Colt Collection, New York University, Classics Department, no. 40.553, 1940-1973; purchased by The Jewish Museum, 1973
- Type: Antiquities
- Rights: https://thejewishmuseum.org/about-this-site#terms-conditions
- External Link: View this object at thejewishmuseum.org
- Medium: Clay: wheel-formed, stamped, fired
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