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This detail appears in a relief from the palace of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (r. 705–681 BCE), in Nineveh depicting the Assyrian conquest of Lachish in 701 BCE. (For the full relief, see "Conquest…
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ca. 701 BCE
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This relief from Sennacherib’s palace shows workers rebuilding Nineveh, harnessed by shoulder straps to ropes by which they haul a large bull colossus toward the palace. Workers from various places…
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Early 7th Century BCE
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The fibula, which replaced the toggle pin during the Iron Age, is similar to a modern safety pin. It had a main bent section with a clasp, which was often elaborately decorated, and a simple straight…
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Tell Beit Mirsim, Land of Israel
(Tell Beit Mirsim, Israel)
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Iron Age II, Early 10th–Early 6th Century BCE
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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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Samaria, Land of Israel
(Kaleh Qaţār-e Soflá, Iran)
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First Quarter of the 8th Century BCE
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859 BCE–824 BCE
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Depicted in a relief from Sennacherib’s Palace in Nineveh, these musicians, followed by an Assyrian soldier, hold stringed instruments against their chests, plucking the strings as they walk. Dressed…
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Nineveh, Land of Israel
(Mosul, Iraq)
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Early 7th Century BCE
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Arad, Land of Israel
(Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE
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This comb is from a Philistine site at Ekron, but combs looked the same throughout the region.
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Ekron, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age I, 11th Century BCE
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On this ceramic double pipe from Tel Malhata, the musician uses one hand on each pipe to control pitch. Usually women played the double pipe, but in this case, it is a man. This double pipe is…
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Tel Malḥata, Land of Israel
(Tel Malḥata, Israel)
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Iron Age II, 7th Century BCE