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Ivory Box with Ritual Scene
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This ritual scene was carved twice on a cylindrical ivory box from Hazor, about 2.7 inches high and 2.2 inches in diameter (7 × 6 cm). A kneeling man raises his hands in prayer toward a stylized tree…

Places:

Hazor, Land of Israel (Tel Hazor, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIB, 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Ecology, Animals, Angels, demons & deities, Prayer

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Ritual Objects
Drawing of figure crouched down next to central altar and winged sphinx, under set of parallel lines.
Illustration from Kehunat Avraham (The Priesthood of Abraham)
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Kehunat Avraham (The Priesthood of Abraham), completed in Venice in 1719, is an interpretation and retelling of sections from the book of Psalms in verse. The Hebrew text in this illustration comes…

Contributor:

Abraham ben Shabbetai Kohen

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1719

Subjects:

Art, Prayer, Ecology

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Natural World, Visual & Material Culture
Page with circular drawing divided into three segments bearing Hebrew labels, the top segment depicting the sun, moon, stars, and clouds, the bottom right segment depicting fish, and the bottom left segment depicting other animals.