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Tell Siran Bronze Bottle
Discovered: Tell Siran, University of Jordan campus, Amman, Jordan
From: (c. Late seventh to early sixth century BC (about 600 BC))

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Discovered in 1972, the Tell Siran Bronze Bottle is a small inscribed vessel bearing eight lines of Ammonite writing. The text names three successive generations of Ammonite kings: Amminadab, his father Hasalel, and an earlier Amminadab. It also contains language associated with vineyards, gardens, and prosperity. Scholars differ about the exact purpose of the vessel and inscription.

Genesis 19:38; 1 Samuel 11:1–11; Jeremiah 49:1–6 (background references to the Ammonites, not to this bottle).

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Much of what is described in Bible text is lost to history, requiring readers to assume the historicity of the scriptures.

However, many of the places and events described in the Old and New Testaments are periodically corroborated by archeological finds.

Some finds simply help us to better understand things from the ancient world. However, others provide important evidence as to the truth of scripture regarding things about which there had previously been skepticism.

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