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This stand is 26 inches (66 cm) high and open at the top and bottom. It has four rows of windows and five feet, with five toes each, protruding near the bottom (three of the feet are visible in the…
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Ai, Land of Israel (Khirbat at Tall, West Bank)
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Iron Age I, 12th–10th Century BCE
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This 21-inch-high (54 cm) stand was made in the ajouré (open-spaced) style and finished to look like bronze. In the bottom register, a nude female with raised arms (a fertility goddess?) touches the…
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Taanach, Land of Israel (Tall Ti‘innik, West Bank)
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Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE
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Hittite couple sacrificing to bull, Alaça Hüyük, Turkey. In this relief, a king and queen, or perhaps a priest and priestess, stand at an altar and make an offering before a bull. On the symbolism of…
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Hattusa, Hittite Empire (Boğazkale Alaçahöyük Milli Parkı, Turkey)
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Bronze Age, 16th–14th Century BCE
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Sheep and rams frequently appear in the sculptures of Kadishman, a legacy of time spent as a shepherd in his youth. Sacrifice of Isaac is a reimagining of the biblical story of the Akedah, in which…
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Menashe Kadishman
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1985
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Child sacrifice in relief, Pozo Moro, Spain, ca. 500 BCE. The relief shows a two-headed monster receiving offerings in bowls. One bowl holds a child. Because the site shows Phoenician influence, the…
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Pozo Moro, Kingdom of Iberia (Madrid, Spain)
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ca. 500 BCE
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This drawing is a modern reconstruction of the ground plan of an open-air sanctuary. Situated in northern Israel, it consisted of an enclosure about 65 feet (20 m) in diameter surrounded by stones…
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Samaria, Land of Israel (Samaria, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age I, Early 12th Century BCE
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Segal’s sculptural representation of the Akedah, the biblical story of Abraham’s near-sacrifice of his son Isaac, raised eyebrows when it was first exhibited. His irreverent depiction of Abraham as a…
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George Segal
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South Brunswick Township, United States of America
Date:
1973
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Elephantine letter, dated to year 17 of King Darius II (November 25, 407 BCE). See Request about the Rebuilding of the Elephantine Temple) and Darius and Xerxes, Kings of Persia. The letter is…
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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
Date:
407 BCE
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This photo shows a reconstruction of the cella, or inner sanctum, of the Arad sanctuary as it is thought to have appeared in its last phase. At the rear stands a 35-inch-tall (90 cm) pillar of…
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Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA(?)–IIB, 9th (?)–8th Century BCE
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This altar is 21 inches (55 cm) high. Its styling, its square shape, the central band and rim, the groove between them, and the well-defined horns are characteristic of altars from the Northern…
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Megiddo, Land of Israel (Tel Megiddo, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE