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“Sha,” the Egyptian sign for shin, can also read “shar” or “shra,” as is the case with multiple topographical and personal names from New Kingdom Egypt. See Peter van der Veen, Christoffer Theis and Manfred Görg, “Israel in Canaan (Long) Before Pharaoh Merneptah? A Fresh Look at Berlin Statue Pedestal Relief 21687,” Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 2 (2010), pp. 15–25. This article is based largely on their article.
This is the first time that a seal, decorated with an image of a lion together with a Hebrew name, was found at Jerusalem, recalling the famous seal of Shema Servant of Jeroboam, king of Israel from Megiddo. See Tallay Ornan, Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah, Shua Kisilevitz and Benjamin Sass, “Two Hebrew Seals and a Bulla, One of the Seals Depicting a Roaring Lion, from the Western Wall Plaza Excavations, Jerusalem,” Atiqot (in press).
