Royal Seal of King Hezekiah Comes to Light in Jerusalem Excavation

For the first time, the royal seal of King Hezekiah of Judah has been found in an archaeological excavation. The stamped clay seal, also known as a bulla, was discovered in the Ophel excavations led by Dr. Eilat Mazar at the foot of the southern wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The bulla, which measures just more than a centimeter in diameter, bears a seal impression depicting a two-winged sun disk flanked by ankh symbols and containing a Hebrew inscription that reads, “Belonging to Hezekiah, (son of) Ahaz, king of Judah.” The renewed excavation of the Ophel, the […]