A New Typology of the Yehud Stamp Impressions

Abstract

This paper presents a new framework for studying the Yehud stamp impressions of the Persian and early Hellenistic periods. It includes a new typology of 17 types divided into three different chronological groups, resting on a more precise chronological system informed by palaeography, stratigraphy, distribution and comparative analysis. It also proposes new readings of four stamp types, and suggests a new type not yet recognized.