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Jar of the gate.
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Kinneret, Land of Israel
(Tel Kinrot, Israel)
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Late 8th Century BCE
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I besieged and captured Samaria. I took as spoil 27,290 people who live there; I organized (a contingent of) fifty of their chariots and I instructed the rest of them in correct conduct. I appointed…
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722–705 BCE
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Persian Period, Late 6th–Early 5th Century BCE
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Al Kawm al Aḩmar, Egypt
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New Kingdom (Egypt), 14th Century BCE
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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)
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Second Temple Period
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Pozo Moro, Kingdom of Iberia
(Madrid, Spain)
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ca. 500 BCE
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Banī Ḩasan ash Shurūq, Egypt
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Middle Kingdom (Egypt), 20th–18th 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)
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Iron Age II, Early 10th–Early 6th Century BCE
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This mirror was found in the Moringa burial cave at En Gedi; its tang would have been fitted into a handle, now missing, made of metal, ivory, or bone (see Ivory and Bone Carvings and Engraved…
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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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These cosmetic implements from Gibeon include a limestone bowl decorated with small, incised circles and two bronze spatulas. Tweezers for plucking hairs have also been found.
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Gibeon, Land of Israel
(Gibeon, West Bank)
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Iron Age I–II, 12th–6th Century BCE