Iron Age


pre-Roman Iron Age: Hallstatt period, Latene period



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Three small jugs from a tomb in Bethlehem, Israel.     
Late Iron Age
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Three small jugs from a tomb in Bethlehem, Israel. Late Iron Age

Male head, found in a sanctuary                        
at Ashdod, Israel.                                     
Pottery, Late Iron Age
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Male head, found in a sanctuary at Ashdod, Israel....

Lyre player on a painted jar from Megiddo.             
Iron Age, around 1200 - 1000 BCE                       
See 08-05-13/11
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Lyre player on a painted jar from Megiddo. Iron Age, around 1200 -...

Lyre player on a painted jar from Megiddo,             
in the foreground a pair of bronze cymbals.            
Iron Age, 1200 - 1000 BCE                              
See 08-05-13/10
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Lyre player on a painted jar from Megiddo, in the foreground a pair...

Two wine jars from Jerusalem.                          
900-600 BCE
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Two wine jars from Jerusalem. 900-600 BCE

Painted bowl with seven handles.                       
Iron Age II, 1200-1000 BCE
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Painted bowl with seven handles. Iron Age II, 1200-1000 B...

Two zoomorphic vessels, one in the shape of a donkey,  
the other a composite figure of lion and bull.         
Around 1000 BCE
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Two zoomorphic vessels, one in the shape of a donkey, the other a composite fi...

Weight in the shape of a lioness, bronze.              
H:2,4 cm L:4 cm                                        
Inv. H-193
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Weight in the shape of a lioness, bronze. H:2,4 cm L:4 cm...

Two jugs, left in the form of a pomegranate,           
from Sichem, Israel; right terracotta from Jerusalem.
#08051325

Two jugs, left in the form of a pomegranate, from Sichem, Israel; rig...

Two zoomorphic vases, or vases in form of a waterskin. 
1000-800 BCE
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Two zoomorphic vases, or vases in form of a waterskin. 1000-800 BCE

Philistine clay-bottle decorated with red              
and black geometric design.                            
Excavated by Moshe Dayan.                              
L:27,4 cm                                              
Inv. H-496
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Philistine clay-bottle decorated with red and black geometric desi...

Fragment of a spinning bowl or spinning frame,         
used to twist and wind yarn.
#08051328

Fragment of a spinning bowl or spinning frame, used to twist and wind y...