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[Sevillano Hispalis <sevillanomail AT yahoo.com>]

   With respect to the questions asked by David Sevilla: If I'm not
mistaken, you are referring to the seal itself, which must be incised left
to right in a mirror image of the way it will appear on the bulla (and read
right to left).
   This is as shown as the 10th item at
http://www.specialtyinterests.net/seal_impressions_ostracon.html and (not
too clearly) at http://www.specialtyinterests.net/seal_eliashib.jpg
   Joseph I. Lauer
   Brooklyn, New York  


Thank you mister Lauer, 
that makes all the sense, silly of me I had forgotten what a seal is made for,
but now I think the other seals in the list you gave are written from right to
left, that makes the impressions from left to right no?

David Sevilla
Spain

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    David Sevilla responded to my prior note, writing in part: "... I think
the other seals in the list you gave are written from right to left, that
makes the impressions from left to right no?"
    However, I believe that the "seals" on the list that are written from
right to left are actually bullae or jar handles that show the readable
stamped impressions from the left-to-right incised seals.
    Joseph I. Lauer
    Brooklyn, New York