City of David

2,600-year-old seal bearing Hebrew name from Kingdom of Judea discovered in Jerusalem

It was discovered by a volunteer sifting dirt excavated in 2013 from beneath Robinson’s Arch at the foundations of the Western Wall.

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The seal reads “(belonging) to Nathan-Melech, Servant of the King,” who is found in the Bible in the second book of Kings, 23:11.

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