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Photographer	Eliyahu Yannai / City of David Archives
Description	Wikisource has a page about this at: 2 Kings 23. seal, City of David Givaty parking lot dig English: The Natan-Melech/Eved Hamelech bulla (seal impression) dated to the First Temple period, features Hebrew writing: "Natan-Melech the King’s Servant" that appears in the second book of Kings 23:11. The seal was used to sign documents 2600 years ago and was uncovered in archaeological excavations of the Givati Parking Lot in the City of David National Park in Jerusalem conducted by Prof. Yuval Gadot of Tel Aviv University and Dr. Yiftah Shalev of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Date	circa 6th century BC date QS:P571,-550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1480,Q5727902
Collection	City of David National Park   Location Jerusalem , Israel Coordinates 31° 46′ 56.78″ N, 35° 13′ 51.51″ E   Established 1967  Authority file : Q2908664 institution QS:P195,Q2908664
Source/Photographer	photo by Eliyahu Yannai, 31 March 2019; 2 March 2020 (upload date) by Davidbena from cityofdavid.org.il
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