Wadi Daliyeh: I: The Wadi Daliyeh Seal Impressions (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert) [Hardcover]

Mary Joan Winn Leith (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198269358 | ISBN-13: 978-0198269359 | Publication Date: November 13, 1997

The seal impressions found at Wadi ed-Daliyeh near Qumran were originally clay seals fixed to the Samaria Papyri (legal documents dated to the mid-fourth century BCE). They provide a rare glimpse of the cultural influences to which one area of Palestine was exposed before the coming of Alexander. This voume presents a catalogue and analysis of the legible sealings and two gold rings in the collection of the Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem.

Editorial Reviews

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"The scholarly community is indebted to the work and perseverance of the author in marshalling this difficult, but important, material to publication. The publication marks an extremely important contribution to the study of the material culture of Western Asia in the fourth century B.C."-- Journal of Near Eastern Studies

"The volume is attractively presented and is a must for research libraries and specialists."--Religious Studies Review

About the Author

Mary Joan Winn Leith is an Assistant Professor at Stonehill College, Massachusetts.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 294 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (November 13, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198269358
• ISBN-13: 978-0198269359
• Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 9.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,278,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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