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Fragment of a fayence wand (ritual baton)              
with a sacred Wadjet-eye on either side.               
Late Bronze Period (15th-12th BCE),                    
New Kingdom, Egypt.                                    
Inv. 1223
#08010868

Fragment of a fayence wand (ritual baton) with a sacred Wadjet-eye...

Gold ring with the cartouche of Tutankhamon            
(1347-1336 BCE),                                       
found in the tomb of Tell el-Adjul.                    
New Kingdom (16th-11th BCE), Egypt.
#08011041

Gold ring with the cartouche of Tutankhamon (1347-1336 BCE),...

Three harpoons used for spearing fish.                 
Bone (4000 BCE), early Neolithic.                      
Collections of IDAM
#080501 1

Three harpoons used for spearing fish. Bone (4000 BCE), early N...

Stone polisher.                                        
Neolithic, Natufian                                   
Collections of IDAM.
#080501 2

Stone polisher. Neolithic, Natufian...

Reconstructed sickle: three brown flint                
blades inserted in modern animal bone                  
from Sha'ar ha-Golan (7th-4th mill. BCE)               
Neolithic. Collections of IDAM                   
24 cm. Inv. R 164
#080501 3

Reconstructed sickle: three brown flint blades inserted in mode...

Long denticular reaping knife: fine elongated dark     
brown flint with regular parallel retouch, mounted     
on a modern shaft, from Tell-Eli (Jordan Valley)       
(7th-4th mill. BCE), Neolithic.                  
Inv. R 197
#080501 4

Long denticular reaping knife: fine elongated dark brown flint with regula...

Whetstone: kernel with ridge, used for                 
polishing flint or bone implements,                    
from Tell-Eli (7th-4th mill. BCE)                      
Neolithic. Collections of IDAM.                  
Inv. R 371
#080501 5

Whetstone: kernel with ridge, used for polishing flint or bone...

Reconstruction of a pick (4000-3200 BCE).              
Pick: flint, length 10.5 cm, shaft: bone,              
length 12.5 cm, from Kiryat Elijah (Haifa)             
Neolithic. Collections of IDAM  
Inv. R 389
#080501 6

Reconstruction of a pick (4000-3200 BCE). Pick: flint, length 10....

Two adzes, roughly worked from flint                   
Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE).                       
Collections of IDAM                                    
Inv. R 410
#080501 7

Two adzes, roughly worked from flint Neolithic (4000-3200 BC...

Dagger, chain and other equipment;                     
dagger handle: bronze; blade: iron.                    
Period of Philistine penetration                       
into Palestine,                                        
from Tell el Farah and Beth Shan.
#08050125

Dagger, chain and other equipment; dagger handle: bronze; b...

Ostracon showing falcon Horus sitting on a palace.     
Part of the name of Pharaoh Narmer (ca. 3000 BCE).     
From Arad
#080504 1

Ostracon showing falcon Horus sitting on a palace. Part of the name of Phar...

Drinking cup shaped like a goat's head.
#080504 3

Drinking cup shaped like a goat's head.