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Model Shrine from Tirzah
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This terra-cotta model of a shrine from Tirzah stands 8 inches (21 cm) tall. The façade has an entrance with a grooved threshold flanked by fluted pilasters, with inward-curling volute capitals topped…

Places:

Tirzah, Land of Israel (Tell el-Far'ah, West Bank)

Date:

Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE

Subjects:

Temple, Ritual objects, Archaeology

Categories:

Architecture, Ritual Objects
Limestone triple-recessed door frame with row of protruding roof beams.
Hamsa-like Hand in Khirbet el-Kom (Makkedah) Tomb
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This small hand, carved in stone with downward-pointing fingers, was probably apotropaic—that is, meant to protect the person buried in the tomb where it was found. It was carved on a wall between the…

Places:

Makkedah, Land of Israel (Khirbet el-Qom, West Bank)

Date:

Iron Age II, 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Blessings & curses, Amulets

Categories:

Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Architecture
Stone piece with carving of small hand with fingers pointing downward and Hebrew inscription.