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Place of Origin and Names on Jar Handle from Gibeon
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Gibeon. Gedor. Azaryahu.

Places:

Gibeon, Land of Israel (Gibeon, West Bank)

Date:

Early 6th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Economic life, Cities, Family

Categories:

Household Objects, Visual & Material Culture
Jar handle inscribed with Hebrew.
Ma’agal tov ha-shalem (The Good Journey)
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And in the City of London we went to the Fort which is called the Tower, and there I saw lions and an eagle one hundred years old and a great snake from India and another snake and other wild beasts…

Contributor:

Ḥayim Joseph David Azulai

Places:

Hebron, Ottoman Empire (Hebron, West Bank)

Date:

Second Half of the 19th Century

Subjects:

Travel, Cities, Animals, Monarchy, Jewelry

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, Travel Writing
Painting of travelers surrounding tomb.