The LMLK seal appears on the handles of several large storage jars from the Kingdom of Judah, where it was first issued during the reign of Hezekiah around 700 BCE. Seals bearing these four Paleo-Hebrew letters, as well as a symbol resembling a winged sun, have been discovered primarily on unearthed artifacts in and around Jerusalem, with some in northern Israel. They form part of a larger group of Canaanite and Aramaic seal inscriptions.