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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)
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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)
Date:
Before 1540
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1620
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The top register of this plaque from Hazor depicts a crouching winged sphinx wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. The lower register shows two stylized three-tiered palmettes. The…
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Hazor, Land of Israel
(Tel Hazor, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIB, first half of 8th century BCE
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Eidlitz, Holy Roman Empire
(Údlice, Czech Republic)
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ca. 1805
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Charleston, United States of America
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ca. 1819
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Oran, French Algeria
(Oran, Algeria)
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1847
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The stopper is perforated at the bottom so that liquids, probably perfumes, can be poured from the jar through the male ibex’s mouth. The horns curl tightly back to the neck, perhaps to prevent them…
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Lachish, Land of Israel
(Tel Lakhish, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIB, 8th Century BCE