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In this detail from the left side of a pithos (storage jar) from Kuntillet Ajrud, two ibexes are eating the flora of a schematic tree, all set above a striding lion. These common motifs are typically…
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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel
(Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
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Iron Age IIB, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE
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Lachish, Land of Israel
(Tel Lakhish, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB, Late 8th Century BCE
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About a thousand items that had accumulated over time were found in the repository of Cave 25 in the Ketef Hinnom cemetery. They included jewelry, ivory and bone inlays, arrowheads, tools, and a large…
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Ketef Hinnom, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC–Early Persian Period, 7th–5th Centuries BCE
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1620
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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel
(Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
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Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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1579/1580
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This drawing of a cow and her calf appears on the right side of a pithos (storage jar) from Kuntillet Ajrud. The cow and calf are a common motif associated with fertility and protection. Kuntillet…
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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel
(Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
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Iron Age IIB, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE
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This Purim tray from the seventeenth century was made in Hamburg, Germany. A fine repoussé piece, its center is adorned with a court scene, complete with a ruler sitting on a raised throne, surrounded…
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Artist Unknown
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Free Imperial City of Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Hamburg, Germany)
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17th Century