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About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Handle Pithos Inscribed, Impressed with Stamp-Seal Impression
Period: Early Islamic
Material: Pottery
Site: Ramla, esh-Sheikh Rihan
Description: A massive handle of a pithos or a zir. A seal impression in three rows reads "from Dir Samwil". Similar handles with this inscription or a variation of it, were found in excavations in Ramla, Caesarea, Tiberias and Jerusalem. A workshop in Nebi-samuel, north-west of Jerusalem Produced this type of pithos. The handles are decorated with seal impressions carrying inscriptions, stars, circles etc.
Bibliography:
Amitai-Preiss, N. 2013. In: Toueg, R. Ramla. HA-ESI 125: 6-7, Pl.35: 1-3.
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