(Times of Israel) Ilan Ben Zion - The seal, carved from brown limestone, features two crudely engraved animals, one atop the other, "perhaps representing a predator and its prey," said Dr. Gabriel Barkay. Barkay said the stone seal was unique because it was the first of its type and from that period found in Jerusalem. Seals of this sort would have been used to stamp documents or clay vessels. Barkay said the seal's discovery attests to "the administrative activity which took place upon the Temple Mount during those times."
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