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Lithograph on paper of building on the left and a large bird grabbing a stick of fire with beak, with Yiddish text along top of image and Aramaic on bottom.

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The Fire Came and Burnt the Stick

El Lissitzky

1919

Front of coin depicting head with beard wearing helmet and back of coin depicting figure on winged chariot holding bird.

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Coin with Helmeted Deity/Deity on a Winged Wheel

Persian Period, 4th Century BCE

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Passover Letter

419/418 BCE

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Tekhine imohos (Women’s Supplication of the Matriarchs)

Leah Horowitz

Mid–18th Century

Page of Aramaic text framed by floral ornament with crown in top center and signatures in Roman alphabet and Spanish writing on bottom.

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Ketubah

1747

Page of Aramaic text framed by drawing of four columns and gateway with two cornucopias on top, decorated with flowers and vines throughout.

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Ketubah (Rome)

1627

Page of Aramaic text of border decorated with flowers and birds, cherubs holding banner at top, and human figures in upper corners.

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Ketubah (Bayonne)

1705

Page of Aramaic text decorated with miniatures, cherubs, and vines surrounding text, and triangular bottom.

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Ketubah (Rome)

1734

Square inscribed with Aramaic writing.

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Uzziah’s Reinterment Inscription

Roman Period, 1st Century BCE or CE

Front and back of coin, with lily on one side and falcon on the other

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Coin with Lily/Falcon

Persian Period, 4th Century BCE

Printed page of Hebrew text in center and decorative border around page with urns, flowers, vines, and faces.

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Polyglot Bible (Constantinople)

1546

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The Bramble and the Pomegranate (from The Words of Ahiqar)

Fifth Century BCE