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Cover for Circumcision Cushion
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This silk cushion cover, embroidered with metallic thread and metallic braid, is thought to have been made in Istanbul. Divided into two horizontal planes, with a narrow border running on three of its…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

Late 17th or Early 18th Century

Subjects:

Ritual object, Ritual & observance, Circumcision, Rite of passage, Textiles

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Cushion cover embroidered with Star of David, flowers, and decorative motifs along sides and across middle.
The Late-Comer
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He will surely come with songs of joy, carrying the child, in the full assembly. My friends, wait here for the bridegroom of blood. He should be coming down the road. Why is the child so late? You…

Contributor:

Joseph Bibas

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

Early 16th Century

Subjects:

Circumcision, Life cycle, Rite of passage, Covenant, Children

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Poetry
Circumcision in an Egyptian Relief
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Circumcision in an Egyptian relief, Sakkara, Egypt, Sixth Dynasty (ca. 2350–2170 BCE). Priests perform circumcision on boys. The hieroglyphic legend reads “circumcision.” The hands of the boy on the…

Places:

Sakkara, Egypt

Date:

Old Kingdom (Egypt), 23rd–22nd Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Circumcision, Rite of passage

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Inscriptions, History
Relief with hieroglyphs above standing figures while others sit and perform circumcisions.