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Figures Looking over City Wall
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These fragments of a mural from Kuntillet Ajrud show two human heads, facing left and looking out over their city’s wall, which is flanked by towers. The mural may have been part of a military scene…

Places:

Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)

Date:

Iron Age II, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Military, Cities, Painting

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Painting
Painted mural fragment showing two human heads facing left and looking out over wall and towers.
A Practice Letter on a Jar from Kuntillet Ajrud
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Message of Amaryaw: “Say to my lord, are you well? I have blessed you by YHWH of Teman and His asherah. May He bless you and may He keep you, and may He be with my lord [forever(?)].”)

Places:

Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)

Date:

Late ninth or Early eighth Century BCE

Subjects:

Military, Archaeology, Writing, Monotheism, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Aid for Two Benefactors
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To my lords Jedaniah, Uriah and the priests of YHW the God, Mattan son of Jashobiah and Berechiah son of, . . . from your servant Mauziah. May the God of Heaven seek after the welfare of my lords…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

Late 5th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Military, Community, Diaspora, Justice system, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters