Description: Clay bullaes such as this one are made by placing a lump of wet clay on a document then using a signet ring to impress the seal of the owner on the clay. It is possible that this seal belonged to Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe (see Jeremiah 36:4)

Era: Middle Semitic Script

Image Credit: Unknown

Date of Inscription: 700 - 600 BCE

Location of Discovery: Antiquities Dealer in East Jerusalem

Date of Discovery: 1975

Current Location: Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Language: Hebrew

Writing Surface: Clay

Transliteration: Line 1: l'berekhyahu
Line 2:ben Neriyahu
Line 3:hasepher

Translation: Line 1: (Belonging) to Berekhyahu
Line 2:the son of Neriyahu
Line 3:the scribe

Comments: Clay bullaes such as this one are made by placing a lump of wet clay on a document then using a signet ring to impress the seal of the owner on the clay. It is possible that this seal belonged to Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe (see Jeremiah 36:4)