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Ivory-inlay Piece in the Shape of a Palm Tree
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This and the next several ivories come from the approximately twelve thousand ivory pieces and fragments that were found in the royal compound in the city of Samaria, capital of the Northern Kingdom…

Places:

Samaria, Land of Israel (Samaria, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Ecology, Monarchy, Fertility, Temple

Categories:

Decorative arts
Ivory carving of date palm featuring layers of fronds with small protrusions at top and bottom.
Engraved Clam Shell
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Engraved tridacna (clam) shells like this one from Arad seem to have been used as cosmetic containers in the Near East and Mediterranean worlds in the late seventh and early sixth centuries BCE. This…

Places:

Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIC, Second Half of 7th–Early 6th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Ecology, Monarchy, Animals

Categories:

Decorative arts, Household objects
Decorated clam shell incised with floral motifs.
Ivory Cloisonné Relief with the Egyptian God Horus
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This leaf-shaped ivory relief from Samaria depicts Horus as a child sitting on a lotus flower. The lotus was a symbol of regeneration, and because, in Egyptian belief, each pharaoh was considered an…

Places:

Samaria, Land of Israel (Samaria, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Monarchy, Ecology, Afterlife, Angels, demons & deities

Categories:

Decorative arts
Carved leaf-shaped ivory relief of child sitting on a lotus flower.