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Phoenician Ship
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Phoenician ship in Assyrian relief from palace of Sennacherib (reigned 705–681 BCE), Nineveh. Transport galleys flee Tyre in the face of Sennacherib’s attack in 701 BCE. Soldiers and passengers stand…

Places:

Nineveh, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

ca. 700 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Migration, War, Monarchy, Gentiles
Relief of boat with several men in profile with spears inside, surrounded by water, fish, and octopuses.
Cult statues in Assyrian relief
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Cult statues in Assyrian relief from the Palace of Tiglath-pileser III (reigned 745–727 BCE) in Kalhu/Calah (today’s Nimrud, Iraq). Although no Mesopotamian cult statues have been found, reliefs such…

Places:

Callah, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

Iron Age, 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Gentiles

Categories:

Sculpture
Drawing of helmeted figures carrying statues.
Portrait of Saul Tchernichovski
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Saul Tchernichovski (1875–1943) is considered one of the great modern Hebrew poets. His poems are part of the canon of Israeli literature, and his portrait appears on Israeli currency. Pasternak…

Contributor:

Leonid Pasternak

Places:

Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1923

Subjects:

Portrait, Aesthetics, Gentiles, Jewish identity

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Painting
Portrait painting of man wearing a suit and gazing toward the right with one hand tucked under his coat lapel.