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Stone tablet with large crack in middle inscribed with Akkadian writing.

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Idol-quickening Instructions

6th Century BCE

Drawing of helmeted figures carrying statues.

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Cult statues in Assyrian relief

Iron Age, 8th Century BCE

Photograph of veiled woman facing viewer with only her eyes exposed.

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Muslim Woman in Veil

1934–1944

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The Voice of Yeshurun to the Hebrews

1921

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Scribes Writing Lists

Late 8th Century BCE

Relief of rows of archers and soldiers with shields and spears.

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Conquest of Lachish Depicted on Relief of Sennacherib

700–681 BCE

Two finials engraved with designs and Hebrew inscription, with chains hanging down from bottom and hand-shaped sculpture on top.

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Torah Finials

1742

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Sargon II, Khorsabad Summary Inscription

722–705 BCE

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Babylonian Chronicle, Entry for 598/97

598–597 BCE

Stone cube inscribed with cuneiform.

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Lot (puru), Assyria

Iron Age II, 9th Century BCE

Wall relief of adult male walking with two boys dressed in tunics and caps.

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A Man from Lachish with His Sons

ca. 701 BCE

Wall relief showing workers wearing tunics, caps, and sashes, harnessed by shoulder straps to ropes and leaning forward.

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Judahite Captives among the Builders of Sennacherib’s Palace

Early 7th Century BCE