City Gate, Gezer

Tiglath-pileser III, Summary Inscription

The land of Bit-Humria (the House of Omri) . . . [ . . . his] auxiliary [troops . . . ] all of its people . . . to Assyria I carried off. Pekah, their king, [I/they ki]lled . . . and I appointed…

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Relief of many figures in a row, some of whom are naked with hands tied behind their backs.

Prisoners, Naked and Bound, in Embossed Relief

Prisoners, naked and bound, in embossed relief, Assyria, Iron Age II, 9th century BCE. These prisoners, from a city in Syria, were conquered by the army of Shalmaneser III, King of Assyria (reigned…

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Page with Hebrew text of decorative border and Star of David located in bottom section, with signatures in the Roman alphabet below.

Contract of David Oppenheim with the Prague Jewish Community

David Oppenheim (1664–1736) was the chief rabbi of Prague. Born in Worms, he was the son of a communal leader and nephew of Samuel Oppenheim (1630–1703), financier and war contractor to the Habsburg…

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