Trees


Cedars, pines, fruit trees etc.



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Three superposed lotus flowers forming a "Sacred tree".
Ivory (open-work, fragment) Right: Lotus flower with   
5 petals. Left: Ivory plaque with top and bottom border
from Arslan Tash, ancient Hadatu, Northern Syria.      
11.3 x 3 cm, AO 11481; 7.6 x 2.1 cm, AO 11482
#08050567

Three superposed lotus flowers forming a "Sacred tree". Ivory (open-work, fragme...

Ossuary decorated with the tree of                     
life and two deeply incised suns.                      
From Jerusalem                                         
Limestone (1st BCE-1st CE)                             
Private Collection
#08050842

Ossuary decorated with the tree of life and two deeply inci...

Ossuaries with different decorations,                  
from Jerusalem                                         
Limestone (1st BCE-1st CE)
#08050843

Ossuaries with different decorations, from Jerusalem...

Bronze coin with palm tree and inscription,            
from the period of Pontius Pilate (31 CE),             
governor of Judea.                                     
Diameter 3.1 cm, weight 2.5388 g                       
Cat. 252 . Reifenberg Collection
#08051142

Bronze coin with palm tree and inscription, from the period of Ponti...

A symbolic plant and a palm tree on the recto-verso    
of a bronze coin with Hebrew inscription, issued by    
Simon Bar Kochba, leader of the Second Jewish Revolt   
against the Romans, under the Roman Emperor Hadrian    
(132-135 CE).
#08051156

A symbolic plant and a palm tree on the recto-verso of a bronze coin with He...

A grape and a palm tree on the recto and verso of      
a bronze coin with Hebrew inscription, issued by       
Simon Bar Kochba, leader of the Second Jewish Revolt   
against the Romans, under the Roman Emperor Hadrian    
(132-135 CE).
#08051157

A grape and a palm tree on the recto and verso of a bronze coin with Hebre...

Decorated rim of a large vase: ostriches               
picking at a palm tree.                                
From the temple at Lachish.                            
Late Bronze Age, 15th-13th BCE                         
See 08-05-13/8
#080513 9

Decorated rim of a large vase: ostriches picking at a palm tree....

View towards the Pass of St. Gotthard,                 
one of the Celtic roads to Italy.
#090101 4

View towards the Pass of St. Gotthard, one of the Celtic roads...

Tumulus of "Klein Aspergle".                           
The Celtic dynasty resided in the nearby               
fortress of Hohenasperg (6th-5th BCE).                 
Excavated 1879. Rich finds,                            
incl. Attic goblet (450 BCE).
#09010113

Tumulus of "Klein Aspergle". The Celtic dynasty resid...

Ancient Celtic sanctuary in Bibracte, France.          
(1st BCE), capital of the Heduan people.
#09010123

Ancient Celtic sanctuary in Bibracte, France. (1st BCE), capital of th...

Sacrifice of a pig with inscription:                   
"Epidromos is beautiful".                              
Attic red-figured cup (510-500 BCE).                   
7.5 x 19.8 cm                                          
Inv. G 112
#10010316

Sacrifice of a pig with inscription: "Epidromos is beautiful"...

Ancient olivetree near the Gulf of Ithea.
#10010622

Ancient olivetree near the Gulf of Ithea.