More on that inscribed genie seal

BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: An Assyrian Genie in First Temple Jerusalem. Israeli archaeologists uncover rare stone seal (Nathan Steinmeyer).

This essay reports some new suggestions, including that the "genie" represents a Mesopotamian antediluvial sage (apkallu) and that the seal may be a reused Assyrian seal.

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