High Priest breast plate gem stone found!

WatchmanOnTheWall

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The owner claims the stone was given to a distant ancestor as a reward from the High Priest in 1189 and has been passed from generation to generation of the family since.

What makes this sardonyx so unique is it has a tiny Hebrew inscription, which is believed to be an ancient script that dates back to 1000 BC, burned or engraved in the heart of the stone. The letters in the stone appear to be similar to those found on archaeological finds dating from 1300 to 300 BC.

The stone was first discovered in 2000 and was investigated in person by Professor Moshe Sharon, an ancient Hebrew expert at the University of Witwatersrand who described the script as the equivalent to our 'B' and 'K'.

On examining the stone Professor Sharon was baffled to find there are no markings on the stone's surface to suggest it has been cut open to add the letters.

'Due to the clarity of the letters and their fine definition it would be incredible if they are a coincidental natural formation in the stone,' Professor Sharon stated in a notarized report at the time.

'The lack of any apparent sign of interference with the surface makes the existence of the letters inside the stone a real enigma.'

Speaking of his trip in 2000, he said: 'I was unaware that anyone in the late Middle Ages had the technology to cut a hemisphere in such a medium, so I tried to exhaust all other explanations.

'There is no modern or ancient technology known to me by which an artisan could produce the inscription, as it is not cut into the surface of the stone.'

Now an expert who laid eyes on the mysterious gem 16 years ago is calling for a new appraisal in the hope of revealing its true history.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ic-gem-breastplate-High-Priest-Jerusalem.html
 

WatchmanOnTheWall

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There were two onyx stones on the shoulders of the high priest:

Exodus 25:7
and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

Exodus 28
9“Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel 10in the order of their birth—six names on one stone and the remaining six on the other. 11Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings 12and fasten them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear the names on his shoulders as a memorial before the Lord.

But this stone only has two letter in it: B and K. The letters in the stone appear to be similar to those found on archaeological finds dating from 1300 to 300 BC.

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These are; 'bet' and 'kap'

I had read somewhere this was the tribe of Benjamin but I can't find that now so am not sure but here are the Hebrew names in ancient Hebrew:

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This many have been placed here on the breastpiece:

Exodus 28:20-21
20 the fourth row shall be topaz, ONYX and jasper. Mount them in gold filigree settings.
21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.

http://www.biblesearchers.com/temples/jeremiah10.shtml
 

WatchmanOnTheWall

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Found the wolf information:

Dr. Goodnick Westenholz believed that the gem was “priceless”, estimating the date of the stone’s production to be approximately the 7th century BCE. She noted the inscription “in the shape of a possible letter is a ninth century form of an archaic Hebrew letter bet.”

In her notarized report, she observed next to the letter bet “what can be perceived as the image of a wolf.” She noted that the wolf corresponded to the blessing Jacob gave Benjamin.

Binyamin is a wolf that raveneth; in the morning he devoureth the prey, and at even he divideth the spoil. Genesis 49:27


Read more at https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/...found-incredible-journey/#bUHSdu5iMS28GroC.99
 

jaybird

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At best a Medieval legend. At worst, a hoax.

im guessing a hoax. not likely these stones would just show up from nowhere all of a sudden. these stones and breastplate IMO would never be lost in the first place, they are sacred.
 
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