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Robert Falk
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ca. 1924
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A detailed description of the priests’ sacral vestments in Exodus 28 provides written evidence of sacred dress and adornment, although neither archaeological evidence nor pictorial representations for…
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Biblical Period
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This detail appears in a relief from the palace of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (r. 705–681 BCE), in Nineveh depicting the Assyrian conquest of Lachish in 701 BCE. (For the full relief, see "Conquest…
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ca. 701 BCE
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This relief from Sennacherib’s palace shows workers rebuilding Nineveh, harnessed by shoulder straps to ropes by which they haul a large bull colossus toward the palace. Workers from various places…
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Early 7th 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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Paul Christian Kirchner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
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1724
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Cornelis de Bruyn
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
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1714
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This Jewish woman of the Ottoman Empire wears a blue jacket worn over a black dress, with red shoes and a tall hat draped in a veil (“Dona Ebrea in casa”).
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Artist Unknown
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17th Century
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Ze’ev Raban
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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1914
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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)
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Iron Age I, 12th–10th Century BCE