Jotham's Ring / Signet Ring
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Mar 1946
name: label: Donor Name
content: Smithsonian Institution
label: Site Name
content: Tell El-Kheleifeh (Tall al Khulayfah)
notes: label: Notes
content: Photo Neg. # 78-8738 is image of the ring. Photo Neg. #78-8739 is image of the ring with a wax impression of the seal.
label: Notes
content: Exhibit text reads: "Jotham's Ring: This signet ring was found in the third level of Tell el-Kheleifeh. It is attributed to Jotham, son of the Judaean king Uzziah, who "built Elath and restored it to Judah." (II Chronicles 26:2) The inscription reads "belonging to Jotham." The object at the left resembles a bellows for use in copperworking. The seal indicates Jotham's function as an official of Elath, whose approval was needed on various economic transactions."
label: Notes
content: From card: 'Ascribed to King Jotham of Judah. SI. AR 1941, Pl. 6. 8/4/52 - Loaned to: The Hebrew Union College Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio. 3/9/53 - Received in the Museum. 3/27/53 - Loaned to: Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y., N.Y. also, cast (Jotham King of Judah). Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976." From 1978 NMNH slide set caption: Signet ring - bronze, ascribed to Jotham of Judeah, son of King Uzziah, Jordan, Ezion-Geber, ca. 1000-400 B.C.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Aqaba Governorate, Jordan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 172651
label: USNM Number
content: A388291-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ring