A 2,600 year old clay seal impression, or bulla, bearing the name
Gedaliah ben Pashur has recently been uncovered completely intact
during archaeological excavations in Jerusalem's ancient City of
David, located just below the walls of the Old City near the Dung
Gate. The name appears in the Book of Jeremiah (38:1) together with
that of Yehuchal ben Shelemayahu, whose name was found on an
identical clay bulla in the same area in 2005. The two men were
ministers in the court of King Zedekiah, the last king to rule in
Jerusalem before the destruction of the First Temple..........
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