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Since chairs and beds were valuable items and not found in average homes (people usually sat on the floor and slept on mats), it is possible that terra-cotta models like this one from Lachish…
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Lachish, Land of Israel
(Tel Lakhish, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIB, 8th Century BCE
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Lachish, Land of Israel
(Tel Lakhish, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB, Late 8th Century BCE
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About a thousand items that had accumulated over time were found in the repository of Cave 25 in the Ketef Hinnom cemetery. They included jewelry, ivory and bone inlays, arrowheads, tools, and a large…
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Ketef Hinnom, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC–Early Persian Period, 7th–5th Centuries BCE
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Engraved tridacna (clam) shells like this one from Arad seem to have been used as cosmetic containers in the Near East and Mediterranean worlds in the late seventh and early sixth centuries BCE. This…
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Arad, Land of Israel
(Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIC, Second Half of 7th–Early 6th Century BCE
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Isfahan, Sublime State of Iran
(Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
1887
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This exquisite jewelry box was crafted in Nuremberg, Germany, before 1540 and given to a bride for her wedding. Etched in steel, copper plated, and partly gilt, the panels, on four sides and the lid…
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Artist Unknown
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Free Imperial City of Nuremburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
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Before 1540
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Belonging to Pekah. Semadar.
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Hazor, Land of Israel
(Tel Hazor, Israel)
Date:
Middle or Second Half of 8th Century BCE
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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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This drawing of a cow and her calf appears on the right side of a pithos (storage jar) from Kuntillet Ajrud. The cow and calf are a common motif associated with fertility and protection. Kuntillet…
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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel
(Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
Date:
Iron Age IIB, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE
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Ammochostos, Cyprus
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Iron Age II, 8th–7th Century BCE