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Ivory-inlay Piece in the Shape of a Palm Tree
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This and the next several ivories come from the approximately twelve thousand ivory pieces and fragments that were found in the royal compound in the city of Samaria, capital of the Northern Kingdom…

Places:

Samaria, Land of Israel (Samaria, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Ecology, Monarchy, Fertility, Temple

Categories:

Decorative arts
Ivory carving of date palm featuring layers of fronds with small protrusions at top and bottom.
Mesha Inscription
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I am Mesha son of Chemoshyat king of Moab, the Di-bonite. My father reigned over Moab thirty years and I reigned after my father. And I built this high place for Chemosh in the “citadel,” a high place…

Places:

Dibon, Moab (Amman, Jordan)

Date:

ca. 835 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Monarchy, Cities, Temple, Gravestones & tombs, Inscriptions

Categories:

Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Inscriptions
Stone with rounded top filled with Phoenician writing.
Cyrus Cylinder
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Cyrus Cylinder, Babylonia. In the inscription, Cyrus, the king of Persia (reigned 559–530 BCE), declares that he was chosen by Marduk, the god of Babylon, to free its citizens from the tyranny and…

Places:

Babylon, Babylonia (Babylon, Iraq)

Date:

539 BCE

Subjects:

Monarchy, Exile, Temple, Archaeology, Emancipation, Inscriptions

Categories:

Inscriptions
Stone cylinder inscribed with cuneiform.