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This bulla, found near the Western Wall in Jerusalem in the remains of a seventh–sixth-century BCE building, depicts two men facing each other, each raising one hand toward the other with the other…
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, 7th–6th Century BCE
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This limestone cosmetic bowl from Megiddo has mosaic decoration around the rim. It consists of alternating circular and bud-shaped inlays of blue and brown glass. Some are now missing. The central…
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Megiddo, Land of Israel
(Tel Megiddo, Israel)
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Iron Age II, 8th–7th Century BCE
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This fringe from Kuntillet Ajrud, knotted from undyed linen threads, could be the fringe (tzitzit) that Israelites are commanded to wear on the corners of their garments, as indicated in Numbers 15:37…
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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel
(Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
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Iron Age II, Late 9th–Early 8th Centuries 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
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Ekron, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, 7th Century BCE
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This comb is from a Philistine site at Ekron, but combs looked the same throughout the region.
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Ekron, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age I, 11th 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)
Date:
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)
Date:
Iron Age I–II, 12th–6th 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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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