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Model Shrine from Tirzah
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This terra-cotta model of a shrine from Tirzah stands 8 inches (21 cm) tall. The façade has an entrance with a grooved threshold flanked by fluted pilasters, with inward-curling volute capitals topped…

Places:

Tirzah, Land of Israel (Tell el-Far'ah, West Bank)

Date:

Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE

Subjects:

Temple, Ritual objects, Archaeology

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Architecture, Ritual Objects
Limestone triple-recessed door frame with row of protruding roof beams.
Ceramic Offering Stand from Taanach
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This 21-inch-high (54 cm) stand was made in the ajouré (open-spaced) style and finished to look like bronze. In the bottom register, a nude female with raised arms (a fertility goddess?) touches the…

Places:

Taanach, Land of Israel (Tall Ti‘innik, West Bank)

Date:

Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Sacrifice, Ritual objects, Animals, Angels, demons & deities

Categories:

Ritual Objects
Ceramic offering stand with flat top and four layers of decoration: bottom layer of nude female with raised arms flanked by lions, second layer of two winged figures, third layer of goats eating leaves off tree, and fourth layer of four-legged animal with winged sun disk and palm fronds.