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Makes my little "think mirror" archeological find in is Israel is small potatoes, but here you do. Bible fags might know more on this.
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/archaeologists-make-rare-biblical-discovery-foundations-western-wall/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=libertyalliance&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=libertyalliance
https://t.co/PXb3fw8YMh
The Israel Antiquities Authority told The Times that only a few beka stones have ever been discovered in Jerusalem, and the one just found in Jerusalem seems to have a unique inscription.
To archaeology experts in Israel, however, that stone took on deep historical meaning after it was uncovered in Jerusalem.
According to The Times of Israel, an extremely rare “beka” stone was recently unearthed at the Western Wall, an ancient portion of Temple Mount in the famous biblical city.
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Inscribed with Hebrew script, bekas were used as a crude form of currency by religious pilgrims making their way to the holy site. Today, however, they’re incredibly hard to find.
The Israel Antiquities Authority told The Times that only a few beka stones have ever been discovered in Jerusalem, and the one just found in Jerusalem seems to have a unique inscription.
The lettering on this item is “mirrored,” and experts believe that a seal-maker who was used to making mirrored images was the ancient artisan behind the historic piece.
“Apparently, the seal craftsman got confused when he engraved the inscription on the weight and mistakenly used mirror script as he was used to doing,” archaeologist Eli Shukron said.
Beka stones were used as a sort of intermediate currency or weight that was used as a measure of value.
“The word ‘beka’ appears twice in the Torah: first as the weight of gold in a nose ring given to matriarch Rebecca in the Book of Genesis, and later in the Book of Exodus as a weight for the donation brought by the Jewish people for the maintenance of the Temple and the census,” the Israeli newspaper explained.
In addition to the rarity of this find, experts are also excited about its historical and biblical significance.