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Ivory-openwork Panel with a Sphinx Striding through Lotus Flowers
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Sphinxes are among the most ubiquitous images on Iron Age Levantine ivories. The sphinx combines the features of several animals; it has the head of a human, the wings of an eagle, and the body of a…

Places:

Samaria, Land of Israel (Samaria, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Animals, Monarchy, Dress

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Architecture
Ivory panel of lion with claws and teeth gripping bull in partial rectangular frame.
A Seated Man
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In these fragments of a mural from Kuntillet Ajrud, only partially preserved, a seated male figure appears to be wearing a wide-collared yellow garment. A long sidelock is visible in front of his ear…

Places:

Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)

Date:

Iron Age II, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Dress, Monarchy, Ecology

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting
Drawing of fragmentary mural depicting seated figure wearing wide-collared garment with long sidelock visible in front of ear, with floral motifs on fragments next to figure.
Is Saul Too among the Prophets?
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As [Saul] turned around to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart; [ . . . ]. And when they came there, to the Hill, he saw a band of prophets coming toward him. Thereupon the spirit of God…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Prophets, Monarchy, Dress

Categories:

Literature, Folklore