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‘Atiqot 72 (2012)
ISBN 2948-040X
Member in the Entourage of Yahweh: A Uraeus Seal from the Western Wall Plaza Excavations, Jerusalem
(pp. 15*–20*)
Tallay Ornan
Keywords: Jerusalem, Iron Age, art, glyptics, iconography, deity, Bible
A seal engraved with a four-winged uraeus was discovered in the area near the Iron Age four-room house in the Western Wall Plaza excavations, Jerusalem. The rendering is schematic, emphasizing the unsophisticated workmanship of the seal. This seal joins quite a few similar late eighth- or seventh-century BCE representations from Judah, hinting at an association of the four-winged uraeus with Yahwistic symbolism.