Medal - Thomason Medallic Bible The Tower of Babel in the land of Shinar, #8 of 60
Medal - Thomason Medallic Bible The Tower of Babel in the land of Shinar, #8 of 60
€156,377.00
Location
United Kingdom
Year
Type
Commemorative medals/Religious medal
Composition
(White metal)
Weight
123 g
Diameter
73 mm
Thickness
4 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Plain
Period
Notice
Edward Thomason
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Centre circle with the Tower of eight tiers and ramp approach in middle. Lettering around
Obverse lettering
THE TOWER OF BABEL IN THE LAND OF
SHINAR
THOMASON . D
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Inscription on 32 lines between winged head of cherub ornaments
Reverse lettering
2218. B. C
AND THE WHOLE EARTH WAS OF
ONE LANGUAGE, AND ONE SPEECH.
AND A PART OF NOAHS FAMILY, PROBABLY
HAMS LINE JOURNEYED FROM THE EAST, TO
THE LAND OF SHINAR, AND THERE BUILT WITH
BRICK THE CITY AND TOWER OF BABEL, WHOSE
TOP THEY SAID MIGHT REACH UNTO HEAVEN.
BUT GOD CONFOUNDED THEIR LANGUAGE, THAT
THEY MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER, AND
THEY DISCONTINUED BUILDING THE TOWER, AND
WERE SCATTERED UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
SHEM WAS 100 YEARS OLD, 2 YEARS AFTER THE FLOOD
WHEN HE HAD A SON BORN UNTO HIM NAMED ARPHAXAD
AND SHEM LIVED 500 YEARS AFTERWARDS AND HAD
SONS AND DAUGHTERS. AND ARPHAXAD HAD A SON BORN
UNTO HIM NAMED SALAH, AND SALAH HAD A SON NAMED
EBER, AND EBER HAD A SON NAMED PELEG, AND PELEG
HAD A SON NAMED REU, & REU HAD A SON NAMED SERAG,
AND SERAG HAD A SON NAMED NAHOR, AND NAHOR HAD
A SON NAMED TERAH, AND UNTO TERAH WAS BORN
ABRAHAM, NAHOR, AND HARAN. AND HARAN MARRIED
AND HAD A SON WHOM HE NAMED LOT. AND HARAN
DIED BEFORE HIS FATHER TERAH. ABRAHAM
AND NAHOR TOOK WIVES, THE NAME OF ABRAHAMS
WIFE WAS SARAI, AND NAHORS WIFE WAS MILCAH.
TERAH LIVED 205 YEARS, AND DIED 1921.B.C
NOW THE LORD SAID UNTO ABRAHAM,
GET THEE OUT FROM THAT COUNTRY,
UNTO A LAND THAT I WILL SHEW
THEE. AND I WILL MAKE THEE
A GREAT NATION.
