Prehistory


Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age.



5 subcategories
Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

Celtic

CELTIC

Iron Age

IRON AGE

Neolithic (Young Stone Age)

NEOLITHIC (YOUNG STONE AGE)

Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age)

PALAEOLITHIC (OLD STONE AGE)

1,733 photos
Chalice decorated with leaves,                         
from the southern shore of Israel.                     
Pottery, Israelite Period                              
The Dayan Collection
#080510 9

Chalice decorated with leaves, from the southern shore...

Bull-shaped zoomorphic vessel
served as a butter-churn.
Clay, Israelite Period
The Dayan Collection
#08051011

Bull-shaped zoomorphic vessel served as a butter-churn. Clay, Israelite Period...

Mirror with handle shaped like a nude girl,            
found in one of the anthropoid clay coffins            
at Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, Israel.                  
Bronze, Late Bronze Age                                
The Dayan Collection
#08051012

Mirror with handle shaped like a nude girl, found in one of the anth...

Female bust,                                           
probably an Ammonite fertility idol.                   
Limestone, Iron Age II                                 
The Dayan Collection
#08051013

Female bust, probably an Ammonite fer...

Bearded male head (Ammonite King),                     
traces of red paint on the stone.                      
Limestone, Late Iron Age                               
The Dayan Collection
#08051014

Bearded male head (Ammonite King), traces of red paint on t...

Mask with six holes used to fasten mask to some idol,                      
from the Hebron area, Israel.                          
Hard limestone. Neolithic, (around 7000 BCE)                       
The Dayan Collection
#08051015

Mask with six holes used to fasten mask to some idol, fro...

Vase repesenting the Egyptian god Bes and a juglet.    
Egyptian import or an Egyptian-style vase of           
local make.                                            
Clay (7th or 6th BCE)                                  
Height 10.9 and 9.4 cm. The Dayan Collection
#08051017

Vase repesenting the Egyptian god Bes and a juglet. Egyptian import or an Eg...

Duck-shaped vessel of Tell el-Yhudiyeh Ware,           
with white-filled decoration,                          
from a tomb near Hebron, Israel.                       
Dark pottery (2000-1550 BCE)                           
The Dayan Collection
#08051018

Duck-shaped vessel of Tell el-Yhudiyeh Ware, with white-filled decora...

Two anthropomorphic vessels: strainer                  
jug and a flask with a cup mouth.                      
Pottery burnished red, decorated with black paint      
from Israel (around 1800 BCE) Middle Bronze Age        
The Dayan Collection
#08051019

Two anthropomorphic vessels: strainer jug and a flask with a c...

Elongated cornet, from Israel.                         
Pottery decorated with a red band                      
on its outer wall (3500-3200 BCE)                      
Chalcolithic Period                                    
The Dayan Collection
#08051020

Elongated cornet, from Israel. Pottery decorated with a...

Bowl on a tripod with anthropomorphic legs,            
from the vicinity of Hebron, Israel.                   
Pottery, Iron Age I                                    
The Dayan Collection
#08051021

Bowl on a tripod with anthropomorphic legs, from the vicinity of Heb...

Squatting man with crux ansata,                        
from Israel.                                           
Grey sandstone (1800-1400 BCE)                         
Middle Bronze Age                                      
Cat. 10966
#08051025

Squatting man with crux ansata, from Israel....