Ivory-openwork Panel with a Battle between a Wild Bull and a Lion

Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE

Ivory carving of a sphinx amid lotus flowers.
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Evidence for the material culture of ancient Israel comes mostly from artifacts and archaeology and attests to the influence of the great empires that surrounded Israel.

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