Royal Judahite Jar Handles: Reconsidering the Chronology of the lmlk Stamp Impressions

Tel Aviv

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-32

  Lipschits, Oded ^a   Sergi, Omer ^a   Koch, Ido ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ASSYRIAN EMPIRE; JUDAHITE STAMP HANDLES; KINGDOM OF JUDAH; LMLK; SENNACHERIB'S CAMPAIGN

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960287594     PISSN: 03344355     EISSN: 20404786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/033443510x12632070179306     Document Type: Article

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