Ancient Middle East


Oriental Antiquities.



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Bowl decorated with duck heads and serpents.                           
                                  
Serpentine stone
#08050810

Bowl decorated with duck heads and serpents....

Incense stand hewn from                                
a single basalt block,                                 
from Beersheba, Israel
#08050811

Incense stand hewn from a single basalt block,...

"Shrine of the Steles"                                 
Canaanite temple from Hazor.                           
Basalt
#08050812

"Shrine of the Steles" Canaanite temple from Ha...

Askos,"pilgrim's flask",terracotta.                    
From Hebron. L:17 cm
#08050813

Askos,"pilgrim's flask",terracotta. From Hebron. L:17 cm

Painted incense stand with bowl. The bowl was put on   
top of the stand; the air flowing through the holes    
in the stand facilitated the burning of the incense.   
From Megiddo (1200-1000 BCE)
#08050814

Painted incense stand with bowl. The bowl was put on top of the stand; the ai...

Incense stand formed like a shrine, decorated          
with female figurines sitting at a window.             
From Megiddo                                           
Pottery (1200-1000 BCE)
#08050815

Incense stand formed like a shrine, decorated with female figurines si...

Incense stand decorated with coiling serpents.         
The air flowing through the holes in the stand         
facilitated the burning of the incense in a bowl       
set on top of the stand.                               
Pottery, from Beit Shan
#08050816

Incense stand decorated with coiling serpents. The air flowing through...

Rectangular incense stand shaped like a two-storied    
house with windows, human figures and serpents.        
Pottery, from Beth Shan, near the Astarte Temple.
#08050817

Rectangular incense stand shaped like a two-storied house with windows, huma...

Incense stand decorated with birds and serpents.       
Pottery. These decorations found frequently during the       
Israelite Period. From Beth Shan
#08050818

Incense stand decorated with birds and serpents. Pottery. These decorati...

Incense stand in the form of a chalice,                
nine male faces around the base,                       
from Beth Oula in the Hebron Hills.                    
From the Dayan Collection. Size 28 x 17.25 cm          
Inv. H 492
#08050819

Incense stand in the form of a chalice, nine male faces around t...

Incense stand in the form of a chalice.                
Air flowing through the holes in the stand             
facilitates the burning of the incense                 
placed in the bowl on top.                             
Pottery
#08050820

Incense stand in the form of a chalice. Air flowing through the...

Small domestic shrine: model of a temple               
with two pillars and voluted capitals,                 
from  Megiddo.                                         
Clay, beginning of the Israelite monarchy
#08050821

Small domestic shrine: model of a temple with two pillars and vol...