Engraving

On wood, metal, and precious stones, engraving was known to the Israelites (Ex. 28:11; 32:4; 38:23; 39:6; 1 Kgs. 7:31, 36; 2 Chr. 2:14; 3:7). Specimens dating from before the Exile and bearing short Hebrew inscriptions exist at the present day. Compare the plates of Laban (1 Ne. 3:1–3, 12).