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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)
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Iron Age IIB, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE
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This 21-inch-high (54 cm) stand was made in the ajouré (open-spaced) style and finished to look like bronze. In the bottom register, a nude female with raised arms (a fertility goddess?) touches the…
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Taanach, Land of Israel
(Tall Ti‘innik, West Bank)
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Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th 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)
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Iron Age II, 8th Century BCE
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In this ivory inlay, found in Jerusalem (Ophel), incised lines indicate the goat’s fur, especially around the neck, and deeper lines detail the legs. The goat’s feet are all very close together…
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE
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The primary register of this handle from Hazor shows two grazing caprids (perhaps deer or gazelles), a popular motif (see “Bulla of Shebanyahu Son of Samak, with Grazing Doe”). Beneath them is a…
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Hazor, Land of Israel
(Tel Hazor, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB, first Half of 8th Century BCE
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This stamp seal depicts an archer shooting at a fleeing quadruped, possibly an antelope. The action is difficult to make out. From the viewer’s perspective the archer is behind the animal while the…
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Moza, Land of Israel
(Motsa, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, Late 10th–Early 9th Century BCE
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Silver signet ring with image of galloping griffin, a hybrid creature that consists of feline body and legs, avian head and wings, and serpentine tail. Found in a burial cave in the Ketef Hinnom…
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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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The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them: Speak to the Israelite people thus:
These are the creatures that you may eat from among all the land animals: any animal that has true hoofs, with…
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A woman must not put on man’s apparel, nor shall a man wear woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord your God.
If, along the road, you chance upon a bird…
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In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, when I was in the community of exiles by the Chebar Canal, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God. On the fifth day of the month—it…
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