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Ivory Relief of a Woman at a Window
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Ivory relief of a woman at a window, Arslan Tash, Syria, ninth–eighth century BCE. 

Places:

Hadātu, Assyria (Arslan Tash, Syria)

Date:

Iron Age II, 9th–8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Women, Ritual objects, Sculpture

Categories:

Sculpture, Ritual Objects
Rectangular relief of face framed in rectangular layers and four small columns below.
Torah Cases from the Synagogue of Aleppo, Syria
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The Jewish community of Syria dates back to biblical times. After 1492, the original community was augmented by refugees from Spain and Portugal. The centers of Syrian Jewish life were in the cities…

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Unknown

Places:

Aleppo, Ottoman Empire (Aleppo, Syria)

Date:

ca. 1710

Subjects:

Ritual & observance, Synagogue, Cities, Art, Artists, Dress, Ritual objects

Categories:

Dress & Adornment, Ritual Objects
Cylindrical cases carved with geometric designs.
Figurine of Male Deity
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Figurine of Male Deity, Ugarit, Late Bronze Age, 1550 to 1200 BCE. Seven and a half inches tall (19 cm), this figurine probably once brandished a weapon in its raised hand. It is identifiable as a…

Places:

Ugarit (Latakia, Syria)

Date:

Late Bronze Age, 16th–13th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Angels, demons & deities, Ritual objects, Sculpture

Categories:

Sculpture, Ritual Objects
Figurine with horned helmet and raised hand, with gilded bronze on hand and thigh.