Sanballat the Horonite was a Persian official who was governor of Samaria, and one of the two major opponents of Nehemiah. "When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official hear this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel". (Neh 2:10).
This photograph is of an impression of a seal, or bulla, inscribed "... yahu, son of (San)ballat, governor of Samaria".