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Pillar of Stones

Pillar of Stones

‎Inscribed border stones marking a territory were attested only as an exception and only in the Hellenistic period. Borders were commonly marked by striking buildings, trees, mountains, and similar features. But biblical attested are also border markers that consisted only of a piled up heap of stones. Therefore they are no longer extant.
‎Gen 31:46; Isa 19:19; Isa 54:12; Prov 15:25


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