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Images of this type—with a male figure holding two caprids (probably ibexes) by the horns—are dubbed “master of the animals” and are seen throughout the ancient world. They often represent a female…
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Dan, Land of Israel (Tel Dan, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, Late 10th–Early 9th Century BCE
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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)
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Iron Age IIB, first half of 8th century BCE
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My heart is with your dews, homeland,
At night, above fields of nettles
And to the scent of cypresses and wet thistle
A hidden wing shall I spread out.
Soft sand-cradles are your roads
Spread out…
Contributor:
Esther Raab
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Cairo, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
1923
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Avraham Melnikov
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Tel Hai, Mandate Palestine (Tel H̱ay, Israel)
Date:
1934
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I walked solitary on my way
And reveled alone in my holiday,
Drunken from the wine of my illusions,
From the luster of my delusions;
I created blinding suns
From every shining dew drop,
I fashioned…
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David Shimoni
Places:
Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine (Jaffa, Israel)
Date:
1910