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Ancient Middle East


Oriental Antiquities.



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Fragment of a monumental stele with Hebrew inscription, from Samaria, Israel
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Fragment of a monumental stele with Hebrew inscription,...

Seal of Jeroboam, King of Israel (1000 BCE). Copy of lost original
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Seal of Jeroboam, King of Israel (1000 BCE). Copy of lost...

Ostracon (potsherd) with Hebrew inscription, from Samaria, Israel
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Ostracon (potsherd) with Hebrew inscription,...

Male head with beard and moustache. Limestone, from Susa,Iran. H:26 cm Sb 790
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Male head with beard and moustache. Limestone, from Susa,Ira...

Hebrew papyrus from the First Temple Period (mid 7th BCE), from Wadi Murabaat.
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Hebrew papyrus from the First Temple Period (mid 7th BCE), fr...

Jar handles stamped with Hebrew seal impressions. Iron Age
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Jar handles stamped with Hebrew seal impressions....

Grain ostracon (potsherd) listing distribution of wheat, beginning with the heading "wheat" followed by a list of names and symbols From Arad, Stratum VII. Israelite Iron Age II. Size 18.5 x 15.5 cm. Inv. R 694
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Grain ostracon (potsherd) listing distribution of wheat, beginning with...

"Jerusalem", Hebrew inscription incised on a wall of a rock-cut burial cave near Lachish (early 6th BCE).
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"Jerusalem", Hebrew inscription incised on a wall of a rock-cut buria...

Juglet containing clay balls bearing seal impressions with names. Next to it two stone weights (early 6th BC) from Lachish, Israel.
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Juglet containing clay balls bearing seal impressions with names. Next to it t...

Sennacherib's prism (691 BCE), describing the third campaign of the king to reassert Assyrian hegemony over Syria and Canaan. It mentions among others Hezekiah, King of Judah.
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Sennacherib's prism (691 BCE), describing the third campaign of the king to rea...

Hebrew ostracon (potsherd). A reaper complains before the governor that an officer had unjustly confiscated his garment. From Mesad Hashavjahu, Israel (late 7th BCE)
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Hebrew ostracon (potsherd). A reaper complains before the gov...

Jewish ostracon (potsherd) with Aramaic inscription: "To teven pachlezon 10" (to straw 10 bags or containers) "son of EVED MAR'AN". From Rafiah (end 4th to 3rd BCE). Size 3.8 x 7.31 x 0.8 cm
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Jewish ostracon (potsherd) with Aramaic inscription: "To teven p...