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Several horse figurines have objects on the forehead, like this one. The object may represent the horse’s forelock or mane, or perhaps a decorative ornament. This terra-cotta figurine from the City of…
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB, 8th Century BCE
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Since chairs and beds were valuable items and not found in average homes (people usually sat on the floor and slept on mats), it is possible that terra-cotta models like this one from Lachish…
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Lachish, Land of Israel
(Tel Lakhish, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB, 8th Century BCE
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Chana Orloff
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Paris, French Third Republic
(Paris, France)
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1924
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Iron Age II, 10th–6th Century BCE
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Depicted in a relief from Sennacherib’s Palace in Nineveh, these musicians, followed by an Assyrian soldier, hold stringed instruments against their chests, plucking the strings as they walk. Dressed…
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Nineveh, Land of Israel
(Mosul, Iraq)
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Early 7th Century BCE
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On this ceramic double pipe from Tel Malhata, the musician uses one hand on each pipe to control pitch. Usually women played the double pipe, but in this case, it is a man. This double pipe is…
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Tel Malḥata, Land of Israel
(Tel Malḥata, Israel)
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Iron Age II, 7th Century BCE
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Nathan Rapoport
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Warsaw, Republic of Poland
(Warsaw, Poland)
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1948
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Elbert Weinberg
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1953
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Joseph Mendes da Costa
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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1928–1938
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Avraham Melnikov
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Tel Hai, Mandate Palestine
(Tel H̱ay, Israel)
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1934