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Ivory-openwork Panel with a Sphinx Striding through Lotus Flowers
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Sphinxes are among the most ubiquitous images on Iron Age Levantine ivories. The sphinx combines the features of several animals; it has the head of a human, the wings of an eagle, and the body of a…

Places:

Samaria, Land of Israel (Samaria, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Animals, Monarchy, Dress, Architecture

Categories:

Decorative arts, Architecture
Ivory panel of lion with claws and teeth gripping bull in partial rectangular frame.
Jewish Men’s and Women’s Clothing in Worms (Tracht der Juden zu Worms)
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The illustrations Tracht der Juden zu Worms (Jewish Men’s and Women’s Clothing in Worms) show a man and woman in typical Jewish fashion of the sixteenth century. The woman wears a white veil and…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Worms, Habsburg Empire (Worms, Germany)

Date:

16th Century

Subjects:

Portrait, Painting, Dress, Animals, Jewish identity

Categories:

Painting, Dress & Adornment
Illustration of man in hat carrying money bag and garlic and wearing badge, with German text across top.
Beses and Lyre Player
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This detail appears on the right side of a pithos (storage jar) from Kuntillet Ajrud. The two Bes figures on the lower left are unrelated to the lyre player in the upper right. Bes was a minor…

Places:

Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)

Date:

Iron Age II, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Music, Angels, demons & deities, Dress, Animals, Painting

Categories:

Painting, Household objects
Ceramic fragment with painting of two figures in headdresses and a lyre player decorated with dots, and Hebrew inscriptions on top of fragment.
Silver Signet Ring
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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…

Places:

Ketef Hinnom, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIC–Early Persian Period, 7th–5th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Jewelry, Animals, Dress, Gravestones & tombs, Seals

Categories:

Dress & Adornment, Seals
Silver signet ring with image of galloping griffin.