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Lachish, Land of Israel
(Tel Lakhish, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB, Late 8th Century BCE
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Ashdod, Land of Israel
(Tel Ashdod, Israel)
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Iron Age I, Late 11th or Early 10th Century BCE
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Palm imagery is a common motif in decorative architectural elements like window balustrades. Each of the four columns in this partial restoration from the biblical period is six inches in diameter and…
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Ramat Rahel, Land of Israel
(Ramat Rahel, Israel)
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Iron Age II, Late 8th–Early 7th Century BCE
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About a thousand items that had accumulated over time were found in the repository of Cave 25 in the Ketef Hinnom cemetery. They included jewelry, ivory and bone inlays, arrowheads, tools, and a large…
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Ketef Hinnom, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC–Early Persian Period, 7th–5th Centuries BCE
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Though discovered in a private home in Beersheba, this 9.5-inch-high × 11.5-inch-wide (24 cm × 29.5 cm) pot, or its contents, was probably dedicated to the sanctuary. The inscription kodesh or kadosh…
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Beersheba, Land of Israel
(Beersheba, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB, Late 8th Century BCE
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Beth Shemesh, Land of Israel
(Tel Bet Shemesh, Israel)
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Iron Age II, 8th Century BCE
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Engraved tridacna (clam) shells like this one from Arad seem to have been used as cosmetic containers in the Near East and Mediterranean worlds in the late seventh and early sixth centuries BCE. This…
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Arad, Land of Israel
(Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, Second Half of 7th–Early 6th Century BCE
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On this coin, the owl has lost some of the distinctive features of the Athenian prototypes. Instead of the large prominent eyes, the face is relatively small, and the eyes are even smaller. The bird’s…
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Yehud, Land of Israel
(Southern Israel, Israel)
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Persian Period, 4th Century BCE
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The image of an ear on this coin may symbolize God as the one who hears prayers, as in passages such as Psalm 34:16, 18, and Psalm 130:2. The image is paralleled on Egyptian stelas that depict…
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Yehud, Land of Israel
(Southern Israel, Israel)
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Persian Period, 4th Century BCE
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These hollow, spool-shaped terra-cotta objects from Beth Shemesh would hold one or more pellets (often small pebbles) that when shaken would produce a sound. They have been considered babies’ toys…
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Beth Shemesh, Land of Israel
(Tel Bet Shemesh, Israel)
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Iron Age II, Late 8th–6th Century BCE