Medal - Thomason Medallic Bible (The Tower of Babel in the land of Shinar; #8 of 60) ND
| (White metal) | 123 g | 73 mm |
| Location | United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
|---|---|
| Type | Medals › Religious medals |
| Composition | (White metal) |
| Weight | 123 g |
| Diameter | 73 mm |
| Thickness | 4 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#156377 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Inscription on 32 lines between winged head of cherub ornaments
Script: Latin
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.
Edge
Plain
Comment
An original Thomason’s Medallic Illustration of the Holy Scriptures [Bible], Number 8 - The Tower of Babel in the land of Shinar. After Bandinelli. (Thomason D. at lower obverse rim).The Thomason Medallic Bible is a set of sixty medals struck in 1830 that captures the essence of the entire Holy Bible in medallic art. The obverse designs were inspired by the works of well-known Renaissance artists and executed by several different engravers. The reverse of each medal contains a dense text quotation or explanation describing the topic of each medal. The set was produced in Birmingham, England by Sir Edward Thomason, who felt divinely inspired to “promote the glory of God by impressing the word of God upon gold, silver and other indestructible metals”. Birmingham, England, c. 1830.
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