A Jewish community in Egypt, the high priest in Jerusalem, and a biblical Samarian governor

A world premiere exhibit presented by the Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology, from Feb. 25, 2024, to Jan. 31, 2025

Was this the conduit through which Joab wrested Jerusalem from the Jebusites?

The question is, who does it belong to?

A little tablet parallels Jeremiah’s account of a Babylonian general and his presence at the fall of Jerusalem.

“Governor of the city” discovered in Jerusalem Old City excavation.

“Whoever wore it was certainly affluent.”

And the second within a single year

Just an ancient gift, or more proof of a powerful Judahite kingdom?

From the Nile to the Ophel: Fragment of a late second millennium B.C.E. letter from Egypt’s pharaoh to Jerusalem’s king