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Liselotte Grschebina
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Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
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1935–1945
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Its multiple (seven) spouts and pedestal make this lamp from the sanctuary area of Tel Dan unusual. Lamps like this could be as tall as 9 inches (23 cm) and as wide as 6.7 inches (17 cm) in diameter…
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Dan, Land of Israel
(Tel Dan, Israel)
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Iron Age II, 9th–8th Century BCE
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Yosef Zaritsky
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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ca. 1924
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The chalice, covered with red slip (a thin mixture of red clay and water), consists of a tall, hollow stand and a separate bowl; both parts are decorated with downturned petals. Together they stand…
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Arad, Land of Israel
(Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA (?)–IIB, 9th (?)–8th Century BCE
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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20th Century
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Iron Age IIC, 7th–6th Century BCE
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The palm and the palmette are common iconographic elements in ancient Near Eastern art, appearing, for example, in ivory decoration (see Ivory and Bone Carvings and Engraved Seashells) and in Assyrian…
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Ramat Rahel, Land of Israel
(Ramat Rahel, Israel)
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Iron Age II, Late 8th–Early 7th Century BCE
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A group of elaborate tombs was found on the slopes of Jerusalem’s Hinnom Valley, including a cluster at Ketef Hinnom behind what is now the Menachem Begin Center. This is an artist's reconstruction of…
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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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This spoon from Hazor has a wide handle intricately incised on its front with a sequence of palmettes curving upward instead of the more common downward-turning volutes. The spoon’s use is unclear. It…
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Hazor, Land of Israel
(Tel Hazor, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age II, 8th Century BCE