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Comments: Greek iron fetters. From the cemetery at Phthiotic Thebes, Thessaly (Thebai Phthiotides: Pleiades). Hellenistic period, 3rd c. BCE. Archaeological Museum of Almyros, Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece (en.wikipedia; Ministry of Culture), Inv. Î 5681 XXXI, XXXII.

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Comments: Roman slave shackles, Ipswich Museum, Suffolk, England.

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Comments: Roman slave shackle found at Headbourne Worthy, Hampshire.

From Morrish: Fetters.

Shackles for the feet. It is said of Joseph that his feet were hurt with fetters. Psalms 105:18. They are spoken of as being made of brass and of iron. Judges 16:21; 2 Samuel 3:342 Samuel 3:34; 2 Kings 25:72 Kings 25:7; Job 36:8; Psalms 149:8; Mark 5:4; Luke 8:29.

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Judges 16:21
2 Samuel 3:34
2 Kings 25:7
2 Chronicles 33:11
2 Chronicles 36:6
Psalms 105:18
Psalms 149:8
Isaiah 28:22
Jeremiah 52:11
Nahum 1:13
Mark 5:4
Luke 8:29

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Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/apo/s/shackles.html. 2024.

Bible Dictionaries Shackles

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