耶路撒冷出土一枚2700年前的黏土印章

Israeli archaeologists unveiled a 2,700-year-old clay seal impression which they said belonged to a governor of Jerusalem.

日前，以色列考古學家宣佈發現了一枚2700年前的黏土印章，他們稱該印章屬於耶路撒冷的一位總督。

The artifact, inscribed in an ancient Hebrew script as "belonging to the governor of the city", was likely attached to a shipment or sent as a souvenir on behalf of the governor, the Israel Antiquities Authority said.

以色列文物局稱，該印章用古希伯來文刻着“致城市總督”的文字，其很可能是運送或寄送給代表城市總督的人員的一件紀念品。

The impression, the size of a small coin, depicts two standing men, facing each other in a mirror-like manner and wearing striped garments reaching down to their knees.

印章約一枚硬幣大小，上面刻有兩個男人，身着及膝條紋長衫，面對面站立着，彷彿在照鏡子。

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It was unearthed near the plaza of Judaism's Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.

印章的發掘地點毗鄰耶路撒冷古城內的猶太教哭牆。

"It supports the Biblical rendering of the existence of a governor of the city in Jerusalem 2,700 years ago," an Antiquities Authority statement quoted excavator Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah as saying.

古文物管理局引用了發掘者什洛米特·韋克斯勒·波多拉赫的話，在一份聲明中稱：“它是聖經中關於2700年前存在耶路撒冷城市總督的說法的有力證據。”

The Antiquities Authority's announcement came several weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a decision that overturned a decades-old policy on the status of the city and stirred Palestinian protests and international concern.

在美國總統唐納德·特朗普承認耶路撒冷爲以色列首都幾周後，該古文物管理局便宣佈了這一發現。特朗普總統的決定推翻了幾十年來有關耶路撒冷地位的政策，並引發了巴勒斯坦人的抗議和國際關注。