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Two ivory lion figurines with open mouths and small holes throughout.

Guide

Visual Culture and Performing Arts in Ancient Israel

Square limestone altar with horns at four upper corners and recessed band below offering surface.

Guide

Ancient Israelite Stone Pillars, Altars, and Lamps

Drawing of reconstructed sanctuary with roofed stone structures, large courtyard, and altar with figures of men and an animal.

Guide

Sanctuaries in the Biblical Period

Textile featuring paintings of various animals and a crown.

Guide

Material Culture, 1750–1880

Silver oil lamp with lions on each side and crown on top.

Source

Hanukkah Lamp (Frankfurt am Main)

Rötger Herfurth

ca. 1769–1776

Embroidered curtain and valence bearing three crowns and five vessels.

Source

Curtain and Valance for Torah Ark

Jacob Koppel Gans

1772–1773

Gold crown decorated with floral motifs.

Source

Torah Crown (Amsterdam)

Wilhelmus Angenendt

1809

Ornately decorated cylindrical case with Hebrew writing on top and scroll inside; closed cylindrical case with ornate decoration.

Source

Torah Scroll and Case

1860

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

Source

Idol-quickening Instructions

6th Century BCE

Rectangular relief of face framed in rectangular layers and four small columns below.

Source

Ivory Relief of a Woman at a Window

Iron Age II, 9th–8th Century BCE

Oval clay piece with figurine of naked woman decorated with headdress, necklace, bracelets, and anklets, and holding a lotus flower.

Source

Figurine of Female Deity

Late Bronze Age, 14th Century BCE

Silver calf figurine next to upright clay building with entrance.

Source

Figurine of Calf and Shrine

Middle Bronze Age, 16th Century BCE