A good summary of the evidence that the object is a fishing weight. Includes a photo of ancient lead fishing weights that look strikingly like the Mount Ebal artifact.
Also, at the Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project Official (and Unofficial) Weblog, Aren Maeir reports that Articles on the Mount Ebal lead object have appeared!
Glad to report that the three articles dealing with the lead object from Mount Ebal, have appeared in IEJ.The new issue is still not up (i.e., for sale) on the IEJ website, but hopefully that will change soon.
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