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To my lord Elyashib: May YHWH seek your welfare! And now, give to Shemaryahu an x-measure and to the Kerosite give a y-measure. And as for the matter which you commanded me, it is well. He (it?) is…
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Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE
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Your son, Yehukal, sends his blessings for the welfare of Gedalyahu son of Elyair and for the welfare of your house. I bless you to YHWH. And now, behold my lord has done [ . . . ] May YHWH recompense…
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Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Late 7th–Early 6h Century BCE
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May YHWH cause my lord to hear, this very day, tidings of good. And now, according to everything my lord has sent, thus has your servant done. I wrote on the sheet according to everything you sent to…
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Lachish, Land of Israel (Tel Lakhish, Israel)
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586 BCE
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Iron Age II, 10th–6th Century BCE
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Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Iron Age II, 8th Century BCE
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Dan, Land of Israel (Tel Dan, Israel)
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Late Bronze Age, 16th–13th Century BCE
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This drawing and the following replica of a pillared house are composites of many excavated houses from the Iron Age, 1200 to 586 BCE; none has been discovered standing. The images show domestic…
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Iron Age, 12th–6th century BCE
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The masonry in the royal palace of Samaria, the capital of the Northern Kingdom, is considered the finest example of ashlar masonry from the Iron Age. The blocks are cut so well that they fit together…
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Samaria, Land of Israel (Samaria, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, 9th Century BCE
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This terra-cotta model of a shrine from Tirzah stands 8 inches (21 cm) tall. The façade has an entrance with a grooved threshold flanked by fluted pilasters, with inward-curling volute capitals topped…
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Khirbet Keiyafa, Land of Israel (Khirbet Keiyafa, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, first Half of 10th Century BCE
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In this terra-cotta plaque figurine from Tell Beit Mirsim, 6 inches (15 cm) high, the pregnant woman’s arms cradle her belly and her navel and genitalia protrude. Incisions indicate the eyes, the hair…
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Tell Beit Mirsim, Land of Israel (Tell Beit Mirsim, Israel)
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Iron Age I, 12th–10th Century BCE