Seal of Yaazanyahu (Jaazaniah), Servant of the King, with Rooster

Relief of figure with six wings and headdress.

Hybrid Creatures with Six Wings

Hybrid creatures with six wings, Syria, 10th or 9th century BCE. Numerous hybrid creatures, often winged, that combined features of various animals, are known from ancient art. Another example is the…

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Relief of two people impaling three people.

Impaled Corpses at Lachish

Impaled corpses at Lachish, detail from Assyrian relief in the Nineveh palace of Sennacherib (reigned 705–681 BCE), depicting the conquest of Lachish in 701 BCE. For the full relief see Conquest of…

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Stone seal with two bearded men with their hands raised flanking an altar or pedestal with crescents above and below their hands, and Hebrew inscription at bottom.

Seal of Shelomit, with Two Men Flanking an Altar

This black stone seal, from the City of David in Jerusalem, depicts two bearded men with their hands raised in a gesture of worship, flanking an altar or pedestal. The crescents on the altar or…

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Seal of Yaazanyahu (Jaazaniah), Servant of the King, with Rooster

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