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Description: | Lead kosher seal, circular with a broken-away stem leaving an indentation in one edge. 16 mm in diameter, it has relief Hebrew lettering on both faces. On one there is an aleph in the centre, and on the other the central letter is unclear. The seven letters around the outside seem identical on both faces, but the only clearly readable ones are an aleph to the left of a shin. The ordering of the letters seems similar to that on the left-hand example of pl. 20, no. 227 in BNJ 54 (1984). Kosher seals were used on kosher foodstuffs, at least from the 17th century onwards; this form of seal is probably 19th or early 20th century. The inscription will give the name of the Chief Rabbi in office at the time.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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