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    This document summarizes a poem by John Matthias about recent archaeological discoveries at the Philistine city of Gath from the 9th century BCE. The poem references the biblical story where the Philistines returned the Ark of the Covenant to the Israelites with golden models of emerods or hemorrhoids as a peace offering after being afflicted with a mysterious illness. The poem suggests the golden models were actually of something else like figurines based on archaeological evidence of situlae, or buckets, being discovered at the site.

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    This document summarizes a poem by John Matthias about recent archaeological discoveries at the Philistine city of Gath from the 9th century BCE. The poem references the biblical story where the Philistines returned the Ark of the Covenant to the Israelites with golden models of emerods or hemorrhoids as a peace offering after being afflicted with a mysterious illness. The poem suggests the golden models were actually of something else like figurines based on archaeological evidence of situlae, or buckets, being discovered at the site.

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    Biblical Archaeology

    Author(s): JOHN MATTHIAS


    Source: Salmagundi, No. 164/165 (FALL 2009 - WINTER 2010), pp. 103-104
    Published by: Skidmore College
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    Four Poems

    BY JOHN MATTHIAS

    Biblical Archaeology
    (Re: The recent discovery of situlae at Gath, destructive level
    9th Century B. CE.)

    ... for there were indeed these 'opalim


    That so afflicted Philistines in First Samuel 6
    That they returned the Ark with golden
    Models of them as a placatory gift . . .

    King James' committee has it emerods -


    Emerods in their secret parts. But golden
    Models of them? Of their hemorrhoids?
    The trespass offering included also golden mice.

    Ye shall make images of your emerods


    And ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel
    And with any luck your secret parts
    Won't require more than a mild steroid cream.

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    104 Poems

    In Hebrew S
    Is not prono
    A root, a ris
    The votive p

    Uncircumcis
    O Philistines
    Full of milk
    Priapic figur

    They had ED
    Out abjectly
    These golden
    A cat for eve

    Day and nigh


    Some day ar
    Piles at issue
    Still glows in

    Our women

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