The " Priestly Blessing" TEMPLE PENDANT

" First Temple Era "design Pendant

Based on an artist’s reconstruction of the Ketef Hinnom silver scrolls

The Pendant has engraved on the leaf design the text from Numbers 26:

"May G-d bless you and keep you May He turn His countenance upon you and be gracious unto you..."

The design captures the ancient design of Biblical era jewellery ,loosely based on the ancient pendant called the Ketef Hinnom silver scrolls found on archeological digs in the burial tomb near the Temple mount .

This was an artistic attempt to recreate what such a pendant would have looked likeand is based on other Jewelry found in First Temple archaeological sites

The Ketef Hinnom silver scrolls, also described as Ketef Hinnom amulets discovered in 1979 by Gabriel Barakay, are the oldest surviving texts currently known from the TANACH. It is based on the Book of Numbers " Priestly Blessing"- Numbers 6:24-26. This piece abbreviates some of the last verse as it does not appear on the fragment found.

The find has been described as "one of most significant discoveries ever made" for biblical studies.

material: Sterling Silver
Dimension 1 3/4" height by 1" width