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Jar with handle and inscribed with Hebrew letters.

Guide

Ancient Israelite Languages and Writing Systems

Biblical Period

Bundle of folded papyrus tied with string and seal.

Guide

Literacy and Literary Culture in Ancient Israel

Biblical Period

Manuscript page of Hebrew text arranged in verses.

Guide

What Is the Hebrew Bible?

Biblical Period

Pottery fragment with Hebrew inscription.

Guide

Letters and Communication from the Biblical World

Biblical Period

Strip of papyrus with circular seals.

Source

Papyrus, Rolled and Sealed

Persian Period, 4th Century BCE

Bundle of folded papyrus tied with string and seal.

Source

Papyrus, Rolled, Folded, and Sealed

Persian Period, 5th Century BCE

Large clay storage jar with stopper in neck and handle stamped with Hebrew letters.

Source

Storage Jar with Lamalekh Stamp

Iron Age IIB, Late 8th Century BCE

Engraving of woman seated in front of a tree at a table, facing the viewer with her left elbow resting on the table and her right hand holding a book in her lap.

Source

Portrait of Rahel Levin Varnhagen

Early 19th Century

Printed page featuring a large, waving flag with Yiddish text, and Yiddish text above and below.

Source

Cover for Peretz Markish’s Book of Poetry, Far folk un heymland (For People and Homeland)

A. Geftera

1943

Cover illustration featuring rooster, cat, bird, and squirrel hanging out of the windows of an ornate building with small turrets, with a smiling sun looking on and green hills next to the building.

Source

Leah Goldberg, Dira le-Haskir, cover

Shmuel Katz

1972

Round clay piece inscribed with Hebrew.

Source

Bulla of Gemaryahu son of Shaphan

Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE

Sculpture of man sitting cross legged with scroll in his lap.

Source

Scribe Writing

ca. 2625–2350 BCE