Early Samarian coins often feature legends with names that may be linked to local minting authorities. Some of these names are documented in historical and archaeological sources, such as the Wadi ed-Daliyeh papyri, while others remain speculative.But it seems it needs to be revised. Read on. Bold-font emphasis in the above quote is in the original.One of those speculative names is BDYḤBL. Meshorer and Qedar acknowledged in MQ that they were “unable to find an identical name,” though they interpreted BDYḤBL as a personal name. However, no historical records confirm the existence of a figure by this name. This interpretation has persisted in various publications and auction catalogs.
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