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Ancient Middle East


Oriental Antiquities.



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Mask of a bearded man, from the Phoenician cemetery at Akhziv. Pottery, painted (700-600 BCE)
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Mask of a bearded man, from the Phoenician ceme...

Astarte figurine (bust) They were still popular in the Post-exile period. From Megiddo Clay (5th-4th BCE)
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Astarte figurine (bust) They were still popular in the Pos...

Goddess of archaic Greek type, seated on a throne. Terracotta, Persian Period
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Goddess of archaic Greek type, seated on a throne...

Vase with beige, flower-shaped rim, a very special piece of local work, from Shomrom Tell el-Farah (Tirzah). Alabaster (3000-2700 BCE) Early Bronze Canaanite
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Vase with beige, flower-shaped rim, a very special piece of...

Cup to measure grain from Benaya in Negev. Greyish clay with grits, rim slightly damaged, flat base (2200-1900 BCE) Middle Canaanite Period I Height 8 cm - Inv. R 189
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Cup to measure grain from Benaya in Negev. Greyish clay with grits,...

Grain storage jars without handles from Benaya in Negev. Clay (2200-1900 BCE), Middle Canaanite Period I. Rectangular basin from Jerusalem. Basalt (1500-1200 BCE)
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Grain storage jars without handles from Benaya in Negev. Clay (2...

Milk bowl, imported from Cyprus. Found at the ancient cemetery near Akko
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Milk bowl, imported from Cyprus. Found at the ancient cem...

Cypro-Phoenician vessels (900-700 BCE). This type of vessel was common in Canaan and Cyprus during the Iron Age.
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Cypro-Phoenician vessels (900-700 BCE). This type of vessel was...

Anthropomorphic "Beer-Jug". Reddish, neckpiece with face surmounted by a handle, stomach with strainer. Very rare piece, from the southern hills of Hebron. Height 23.5 cm
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Anthropomorphic "Beer-Jug". Reddish, neckpiece with face surmounted by a han...

Strainer of a Philistine "Beer-Jug".
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Strainer of a Philistine "Beer-Jug".

"Beer-Jug", reddish, built-in strainer (1000-587 BCE) Israelite (Iron Age) Period II, reportedly found in Tekoa Town of Amos. Rare form, red varnish.
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"Beer-Jug", reddish, built-in strainer (1000-587 BCE) Israelite...

"Beer-jug" with basket handle (right). Iron Age I-II, from Idna near Hebron. One-handle "beer-jug" (left) Israelite Iron Age II, from the Hebron district.
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"Beer-jug" with basket handle (right). Iron Age I-II, from Idna...