The Seal Impression from Jericho and the Treasurers of the Second Temple

Abstract

at least one violent destruction of the site (by John Hyrcanus in 128 B. C.?); (3) and after this destruction there was a comparatively brief, but extensive, reoccupation of the site at a time when the city's defenses were in ruins and hasty attempts were being made to repair them. In a tentative way we would suggest a date for the final phase of the city's life between 128 and a time not far removed from 100 B. C.