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This necklace of beads is predominantly of orange glass but incorporates stone beads and gold spacers as well. The beads range in shape from bi-conical to cylindrical and also include larger…
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‘En Gedi, Land of Israel
(‘En Gedi, Israel)
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Persian Period, 5th Century BCE
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Cornelis de Bruyn
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
Date:
1714
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Ekron, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, 7th Century BCE
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The fibula, which replaced the toggle pin during the Iron Age, is similar to a modern safety pin. It had a main bent section with a clasp, which was often elaborately decorated, and a simple straight…
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Tell Beit Mirsim, Land of Israel
(Tell Beit Mirsim, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age II, Early 10th–Early 6th Century BCE
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These silver earrings of solid lunates have fixed attachments and attachments of hollow granule clusters. They are from a tomb at Tel Ira in the northern Negev.
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Ketef Hinnom, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIC–Early Persian Period, 7th–5th Century BCE
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Silver signet ring with image of galloping griffin, a hybrid creature that consists of feline body and legs, avian head and wings, and serpentine tail. Found in a burial cave in the Ketef Hinnom…
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Ketef Hinnom, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC–Early Persian Period, 7th–5th Century BCE
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Toggle pins and fibulae were fasteners for garments, and because they were often decorated, they also functioned as jewelry. The toggle pin was a thick straight pin, ornamented on its upper part or…
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Mizpah, Land of Israel
(Tell en-Nasbeh, West Bank)
Date:
Iron Age I, 12th–10th Century BCE