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Contents on Jar from Lachish

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Juice of black raisins. Translated by Anson F. Rainey from Shmuel Aḥituv’s Hebrew edition.

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Lachish, Land of Israel (Tel Lakhish, Israel)

Date:

7th–6th Century BCE

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Archaeology, Economic life, Food and drink

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Household objects

Slingers and Slingstones

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Slingers attacking Lachish, 701 BCE, from Assyrian relief in the Nineveh palace of Sennacherib (reigned 705–681 BCE). Members of the Assyrian army are depicted with slingstones piled at their feet…

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Lachish, Land of Israel (Tel Lakhish, Israel)

Date:

701 BCE

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Archaeology, Military, Technology, War, Violence

Seal Impressions on Jar Handles from Tell Beit Mirsim, Beth Shemesh, and Ramat Rahel

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Belonging to Elyakim steward of Yokin [or Yawkin].

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Beit Mirsim, Land of Israel (Tell Beit Mirsim, Israel)

Date:

Late 8th Century BCE

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Archaeology, Writing, Leadership

Four Bullas from the City of David

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[Belonging to Tobshillem/Tobshalem (?)] son of Zakkur the healer.

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City of David, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

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Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE

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Archaeology, Health, Writing

Fiscal Bulla from Jerusalem

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In the seventh (year). Bethlehem. For the King. Translated by Ronny Reich.

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Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

8th Century BCE

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Archaeology, Monarchy, Writing, Finance, Food and drink

Well at Beersheba

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Well at Beersheba. This well was in use during the ninth and eighth centuries BCE and again in the Persian and Hellenistic periods (6th–2ndcenturies BCE). It is found just outside the city gate. The…

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Beer Sheva, Land of Israel (Tel Be'er Sheva, Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

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Archaeology, Marriage, Economic life, Cities, Technology

Bulla from Beth Zur

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Belonging to Gealyahu son of the king. Translated by Nahman Avigad and Benjamin Sass.

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Beth Zur, Land of Israel (Khirbat Ţubayqah, West Bank)

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End of 7th–Beginning of 6th Century BCE

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Archaeology, Monarchy, Writing

Ancient Israel, to 70 C.E.

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The span of time to be discussed here comprises what are popularly termed the biblical period and the Second Temple period. The biblical period is held to begin somewhere within the second millennium…

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Israel Adler

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Jerusalem, Israel

Date:

1995

Subjects:

Music, Israel/Israelis, Archaeology, Prayer & liturgy

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Historical writing

Stela with the Laws of Hammurabi

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Laws of Hammurabi on Babylonian Stela, eighteenth century BCE. The stela was originally placed in the temple of the god Marduk in the city of Babylon. Inset shows part of the prologue.

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Babylon, Assyria (Babylon, Iraq)

Date:

Bronze Age, 18th Century BCE

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Archaeology, Government, Theology, Justice system, Gentiles, Inscriptions, Law

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Law, Inscriptions

Vassal Treaty of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria

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Vassal Treaty of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria (reigned 681–669 BCE). This copy of the treaty was found in the inner sanctum of the Assyrian temple in Tell Tayinat (in southeastern Turkey), where it was…

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Kinalua, Assyria (Kıyıbucak, Turkey)

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Iron Age IIC, 7th Century BCE

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Archaeology, Politics, Theology, Monarchy, Inscriptions, Law

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Law, Inscriptions

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