This article describes and discusses a stamped sealing found at Middle Chalcolithic Tel Tsaf (5th millennium BCE). This is the earliest stamped sealing found in the southern Levant. The article describes the object, as well as its petrographic composition, find-spot and parallels. Furthermore, the artefact’s implications for the rise of administrative practices in the Levant during the protohistoric periods are discussed.

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来自中古铜器时代 Tel Tsaf 的印章：对黎凡特行政实践兴起的影响

本文描述并讨论了在中铜器时代 Tel Tsaf（公元前 5 世纪）发现的印章。这是在黎凡特南部发现的最早的印章。这篇文章描述了该物体，以及它的岩相成分、发现点和相似之处。此外，还讨论了文物对原始历史时期黎凡特行政实践兴起的影响。