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Ashkelon, Land of Israel (Tel Ashkelon, Israel)
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Middle Bronze Age, 16th Century BCE
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Yehud, Land of Israel (Southern Israel, Israel)
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Persian Period, 4th Century BCE
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The griffin on this black stone seal found in Jerusalem has a bovine body. Its wings are held out and down.
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB–IIC, 8th Century BCE
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6th–5th Century BCE
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This ritual scene was carved twice on a cylindrical ivory box from Hazor, about 2.7 inches high and 2.2 inches in diameter (7 × 6 cm). A kneeling man raises his hands in prayer toward a stylized tree…
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Hazor, Land of Israel (Tel Hazor, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB, 8th Century BCE
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On the front is a lily, commonly found on Yehud coins. On the back is a bird that most ornithologists consider to be a falcon; there is no consensus on its symbolism. With wings spread, this falcon…
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Yehud, Land of Israel (Southern Israel, Israel)
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Persian Period, 4th Century BCE
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This 21-inch-high (54 cm) stand was made in the ajouré (open-spaced) style and finished to look like bronze. In the bottom register, a nude female with raised arms (a fertility goddess?) touches the…
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Taanach, Land of Israel (Tall Ti‘innik, West Bank)
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Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE
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Carchemish, Kingdom of Carchemish (Carchemish, Turkey)
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Mid-9th Century BCE
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Gozan, Kingdom of Aram-Damascus (Tall Ḩalaf, Syria)
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Iron Age II, 10th–9th Century BCE
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This detail appears on the right side of a pithos (storage jar) from Kuntillet Ajrud. The two Bes figures on the lower left are unrelated to the lyre player in the upper right. Bes was a minor…
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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
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Iron Age II, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE