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Compared aspect: Two Iron Age inscriptions, two media (ink on a sherd versus carving in basalt), two museums
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Lachish Letter VIII
Material
Pottery
Dimensions
Length 6.40 cm; width 9.50 cm; thickness 0.30-0.50 cm
Date as given by the source
Iron Age; no numeric date in the record
Record number
125704 · 1959,0711.4
Held by
The British Museum, London
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A sherd of a pottery vessel with a Hebrew inscription in ink, found at Lachish and on display today in London. The ink is very faded, the record gives no numeric date, and it must not be confused with Letter II.
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Photograph of the object The Tel Dan stele at a temporary exhibition at the Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem, February 2017: a visitor's photograph, not the record's image. The stele is held by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (record 371407-0).Oren Rozen · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source · CC BY-SA 4.0
A fragment of a basalt stele with an Aramaic inscription, found at Tel Dan and held by the Israel Museum. The photograph here is a visitor's photograph from a temporary exhibition at the Bible Lands Museum in 2017 (CC BY-SA 4.0), not the record's image; the museum's own image is seen in the record.
Lachish Letter VIII · The Tel Dan stele: "House of David"
The British Museum, London · Room 57, Ancient Levant, Display Case 10 According to the museum record as read on 22.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
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