Showing Results 1 - 4 of 4
Megilat Mitsrayim (The Scroll of Egypt)
Public Access
Text
Sensitive Content
After these things, Ahmed Shaitan desired of the Jews a hundred and fifty thousand great gold pieces, and he also said, If ye bring them not quickly, I shall kill you with the sword. And when the Jews…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

ca. 1524

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Monarchy, Antisemitism, Violence
Aramaic Proverbs: The Words of Ahiqar
Public Access
Text

The Words of Ahiqar are the teachings that Ahiqar, the wise scribe who was chief counselor to the kings of Assyria, imparted to his nephew and adopted son Nadin.

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

Fifth Century BCE

Subjects:

Wisdom, Monarchy, Politics, Family, Ethics

Categories:

Wisdom Literature
Divre Yosef (The Words of Joseph)
Public Access
Text
Sultan Mehmed began his reign in the year 856, according to their count [1452 CE]. The king ordered the building of sailing ships on the top of the…

Contributor:

Joseph Sambari

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

1673

Subjects:

War, Monarchy, Plague, Military, Rabbis

Categories:

Historical writing
A Seated Man
Restricted
Image
In these fragments of a mural from Kuntillet Ajrud, only partially preserved, a seated male figure appears to be wearing a wide-collared yellow garment. A long sidelock is visible in front of his ear…

Places:

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

Date:

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

Subjects:

Archaeology, Dress, Monarchy, Ecology, Painting

Categories:

Painting
Drawing of fragmentary mural depicting seated figure wearing wide-collared garment with long sidelock visible in front of ear, with floral motifs on fragments next to figure.