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Stone tablet with large crack in middle inscribed with Akkadian writing.

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Idol-quickening Instructions

6th Century BCE

Ceramic pot with two handles and Hebrew inscription.

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Inscribed Offering Pot

Iron Age IIB, Late 8th Century BCE

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Hanukkah Lamp

17th Century

Bronze bull figurine.

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Figurine of a Young Bull

Iron Age I, Early 12th Century BCE

Rectangular relief of face framed in rectangular layers and four small columns below.

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Ivory Relief of a Woman at a Window

Iron Age II, 9th–8th Century BCE

Oval clay piece with figurine of naked woman decorated with headdress, necklace, bracelets, and anklets, and holding a lotus flower.

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Figurine of Female Deity

Late Bronze Age, 14th Century BCE

Silver calf figurine next to upright clay building with entrance.

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Figurine of Calf and Shrine

Middle Bronze Age, 16th Century BCE

Silver oil lamp with lions on each side and crown on top.

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Hanukkah Lamp

ca. 1769–1776

Embroidered curtain and valence bearing three crowns and five vessels.

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Curtain and Valance for Torah Ark

1772–1773

Gold crown decorated with floral motifs.

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Torah Crown

1809

Ornately decorated cylindrical case with Hebrew writing on top and scroll inside; closed cylindrical case with ornate decoration.

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Torah Scroll and Case

1860

Faience-tile mosaic of floral designs throughout, two lines of Hebrew text at the top, and three niches at bottom.

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Isfahan Synagogue, Persia

16th Century