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Assortment of Lead Hebrew Letters - FZ.173
Origin: Shiloah, Jerusalem, Israel
Circa: 600 BC to 300 BC

Catalogue: V1
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Lead

Additional Information: Sold

Location: United States

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Originally, these letters may have been part of an inscription set into stone. Such circumstances are mentioned in the Old Testament (Job 19:23-24) where it says: "Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book. That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock forever". We feel the eternal power of the written word in these tantalizing fragments, even though the message can no longer be deciphered. - (FZ.173)

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