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A Procession
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In this detail from a pithos (storage jar) from Kuntillet Ajrud, five people stand with raised forearms (their hands are not depicted). As raised hands usually signify praying, the scene may represent…

Places:

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

Date:

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

Subjects:

Archaeology, Dress, Community

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting, Household Objects
Jar with one visible handle with painting of five people with raised forearms.
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

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters