Showing Results 1 - 10 of 12
Restricted
Image
There are numerous terra-cotta plaque figurines of females, some naked and others clothed, holding disks, mostly from northern Israel and Transjordan. Many come from border towns and towns whose…
Places:
Hazor, Land of Israel
(Tel Hazor, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age II, 9th–8th Century BCE
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Image
Date:
Iron Age II, 9th–8th Century BCE
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Image
Contributor:
Chana Orloff
Places:
Paris, French Third Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1924
Categories:
Restricted
Image
Places:
Date:
Iron Age II, 10th–6th Century BCE
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Image
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…
Places:
Tell Beit Mirsim, Land of Israel
(Tell Beit Mirsim, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age I, 12th–10th Century BCE
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Image
Terra-cotta pillar figurines are found throughout the biblical territory of Judah and date to the eighth to seventh centuries BCE. Most were decorated with a white background layer and one or more…
Places:
Lachish, Land of Israel
(Tel Lakhish, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIB–IIC, 8th–7th Century BCE
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Image
In this terra-cotta figurine from Beersheba, 5.5 inches (14 cm) high, the face is made by pinching the clay to draw out the nose, thereby forming the eye sockets. The nose has a beak-like appearance…
Places:
Beersheba, Land of Israel
(Beersheba, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIB, Late 8th Century BCE
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Image
Contributor:
Chana Orloff
Places:
Paris, French Third Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1924
Categories:
Restricted
Image
Contributor:
Ossip Zadkine
Places:
Paris, French Third Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1927
Categories:
Restricted
Image
Contributor:
William Zorach
Places:
Bath, United States of America
Date:
1961