Lion-shaped Weight

Iron Age II, 8th Century BCE

Bronze weight in shape of crouching lion.
Please login or register for free access to Posen Library
Register
Already have an account?
Engage with this Source

Related Guide

Provenance and Dating of Artifacts from the Biblical Period

Artifacts help historians reconstruct the past, using layers of excavation to establish the chronology of the sites they excavate.

Related Guide

Ancient Israelite Coins and Scales

Coins, scales, and weights were important items for trade and commerce in the biblical period.

You may also like

Leather capsule with four indented sections.
Tooltip info icon

Tefillin

In Jewish tradition, the command to “bind them [God’s words] as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead” is understood as requiring passages from the Torah to be written on…
View Source
Limestone seal with image of antelope and archer.
Tooltip info icon

Seal with Archer

This stamp seal depicts an archer shooting at a fleeing quadruped, possibly an antelope. The action is difficult to make out. From the viewer’s perspective the archer is behind the animal while the…
View Source