LMLK Seal

LMLK seals were stamped on the handles of large storage jars mostly in and around Jerusalem during the reign of King Hezekiah based on several complete jars found buried under a destruction layer caused by Sennacherib at Lachish.

These handles of pottery jars had been stamped before baking, with seals show symbols, either a four-winged scarab or a two-winged disc with LMLK, ‘belonging to the king’ written above it in Hebrew script and a place-name below it.

None of the original seals have been found, but about 2,000 impressions made by at least 21 seal types have been published.

LMLK Jar Handle, British Museum
British Museum, London
Taylor Prism

Lachish Relief

Pool of Bethesda