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Contributor:
Johann Valentin Schüler
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1680–1720
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This copper Torah crown was made in Bolzano, Italy. An excellent repoussé piece, its delicate pierced and traced decorations are adorned with floral arrangements of leaves and vines. The shape of this…
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Artist Unknown
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Bolzano, Holy Roman Empire
(Bolzano, Italy)
Date:
1698/9
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Contributor:
Tobias Völsch
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Hamburg, Free Imperial City of Hamburg
(Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
Late 17th Century
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These gilt-silver finials—which bear the Hebrew calendar year of 5502 (1742)—are considered the earliest dated finials from Iraq. On top of each finial is a miniature ḥamsa, a charm in the shape of a…
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Artist Unknown
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1742
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In Jewish tradition, the command to “bind them [God’s words] as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead” is understood as requiring passages from the Torah to be written on…
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Qumran, Land of Israel
(Khirbat Qumrān, Israel)
Date:
Second Temple Period
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This photo shows a reconstruction of the cella, or inner sanctum, of the Arad sanctuary as it is thought to have appeared in its last phase. At the rear stands a 35-inch-tall (90 cm) pillar of…
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Arad, Land of Israel
(Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIA(?)–IIB, 9th (?)–8th Century BCE
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This altar is 21 inches (55 cm) high. Its styling, its square shape, the central band and rim, the groove between them, and the well-defined horns are characteristic of altars from the Northern…
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Megiddo, Land of Israel
(Tel Megiddo, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE
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This square altar from Hazor is 12 inches (30 cm) high. The offering surface is recessed, and the upper corners have horns that would have held the offering in place.
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Hazor, Land of Israel
(Tel Hazor, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIA, 10th Century BCE
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Contributor:
Elbert Weinberg
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1953
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This basin from Kuntillet Ajrud is much too large to have been used for a practical purpose—it weighs more than 300 pounds (136 kg) and is large enough for two adults to sit in. The inscription…
Places:
Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel
(Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
Date:
Iron Age II, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE