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A Symbol of Power: Seal Impression with a Soldier and a Bound Captive from Tell Jemmeh

    Itamar Weissbein, Saar Ganor

Ägypten und Levante 33, pp. 383-397, 2024/02/28

Internationale Zeitschrift für ägyptische Archäologie und deren Nachbargebiete
International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines

doi: 10.1553/AEundL33s383

doi: 10.1553/AEundL33s383

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doi:10.1553/AEundL33



doi:10.1553/AEundL33s383



doi:10.1553/AEundL33s383

Abstract

In April 2020, a small square-shaped clay object, possibly a docket, was found on the surface of Tell Jemmeh. The object bears an image of a soldier leading a bound naked captive, a rare motif in the iconography of the Southern Levant. By comparing and contrasting ancient Near Eastern parallels, this study suggests a Late Bronze Age date for the object, thus placing it in the geopolitical reality of that period.

Keywords: Tell Jemmeh, Seal Impression, Canaanite Iconography