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This mirror was found in the Moringa burial cave at En Gedi; its tang would have been fitted into a handle, now missing, made of metal, ivory, or bone (see Ivory and Bone Carvings and Engraved…
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‘En Gedi, Land of Israel (‘En Gedi, Israel)
Date:
Persian Period, 5th Century BCE
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These cosmetic implements from Gibeon include a limestone bowl decorated with small, incised circles and two bronze spatulas. Tweezers for plucking hairs have also been found.
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Gibeon, Land of Israel (Gibeon, West Bank)
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Iron Age I–II, 12th–6th Century BCE
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This comb is from a Philistine site at Ekron, but combs looked the same throughout the region.
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Ekron, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age I, 11th Century BCE
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Juice of black raisins.
Translated by Anson F. Rainey from Shmuel Aḥituv’s Hebrew edition.
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Lachish, Land of Israel (Tel Lakhish, Israel)
Date:
7th–6th Century BCE
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Since chairs and beds were valuable items and not found in average homes (people usually sat on the floor and slept on mats), it is possible that terra-cotta models like this one from Lachish…
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Lachish, Land of Israel (Tel Lakhish, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIB, 8th Century BCE
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The top register of this plaque from Hazor depicts a crouching winged sphinx wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. The lower register shows two stylized three-tiered palmettes. The…
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Hazor, Land of Israel (Tel Hazor, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIB, first half of 8th century BCE
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In this detail from the left side of a pithos (storage jar) from Kuntillet Ajrud, two ibexes are eating the flora of a schematic tree, all set above a striding lion. These common motifs are typically…
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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
Date:
Iron Age IIB, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE
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The span of time to be discussed here comprises what are popularly termed the biblical period and the Second Temple period. The biblical period is held to begin somewhere within the second millennium…
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Israel Adler
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1995
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Legal complaint on ostracon, Metsad Hashaviahu, Israel, from the late 7th century BCE. A worker states that a superior took his garment despite the laborer having fulfilled his work requirements…
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Meṣad Hashavyahu, Land of Israel (Yavneh, Israel)
Date:
Late 7th Century BCE
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Samaria ostracon (A Shipment of Wine), early 8th century BCE, from the ruins of a building near the royal palace. The text can be read here.
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Samaria, Land of Israel (Kaleh Qaţār-e Soflá, Iran)
Date:
First Quarter of the 8th Century BCE