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Model Shrine from Tirzah
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This terra-cotta model of a shrine from Tirzah stands 8 inches (21 cm) tall. The façade has an entrance with a grooved threshold flanked by fluted pilasters, with inward-curling volute capitals topped…

Places:

Tirzah, Land of Israel (Tell el-Far'ah, West Bank)

Date:

Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE

Subjects:

Temple, Ritual objects, Archaeology

Categories:

Architecture, Ritual Objects
Limestone triple-recessed door frame with row of protruding roof beams.