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。

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。