Ancient Middle East


Oriental Antiquities.



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Bearded male head (Ammonite King),                     
traces of red paint on the stone.                      
Limestone, Late Iron Age                               
The Dayan Collection
#08051014

Bearded male head (Ammonite King), traces of red paint on t...

Horse figurine,                                        
Cypriot import found at a seaside                      
site in the Gaza Strip, Israel.                        
Clay (700-600 BCE)                                     
The Dayan Collection
#08051016

Horse figurine, Cypriot import found at...

Duck-shaped vessel of Tell el-Yhudiyeh Ware,           
with white-filled decoration,                          
from a tomb near Hebron, Israel.                       
Dark pottery (2000-1550 BCE)                           
The Dayan Collection
#08051018

Duck-shaped vessel of Tell el-Yhudiyeh Ware, with white-filled decora...

Two anthropomorphic vessels: strainer                  
jug and a flask with a cup mouth.                      
Pottery burnished red, decorated with black paint      
from Israel (around 1800 BCE) Middle Bronze Age        
The Dayan Collection
#08051019

Two anthropomorphic vessels: strainer jug and a flask with a c...

Squatting man with crux ansata,                        
from Israel.                                           
Grey sandstone (1800-1400 BCE)                         
Middle Bronze Age                                      
Cat. 10966
#08051025

Squatting man with crux ansata, from Israel....

Sitting divinity, traces of red paint,                 
from Tel Beth-Mirsim, Israel.                          
Limestone bas-relief, Late Bronze Age
#08051026

Sitting divinity, traces of red paint, from Tel Beth-Mirsim, Is...

Divinity standing under an arch of flowers,            
with traces of red paint,                              
from Tel Beth Mirsin, Israel.                          
Limestone bas-relief, Late Bronze Age
#08051027

Divinity standing under an arch of flowers, with traces of red paint...

A woman's head with Egyptian hairdo,                   
from the Gaza Strip, Israel.                           
Stone (1550-1200 BCE)                                  
Late Bronze/Early Iron Age
#08051028

A woman's head with Egyptian hairdo, from the Gaza Strip, Isr...

The goddess Astarte,                                   
from the Hebron area, Israel.                          
Pottery relief (around 1400 BCE)                       
Late Bronze Age II
#08051029

The goddess Astarte, from the Hebron area, Is...

The goddess Astarte,                                   
from Deir-el-Balach,near Gaza.                         
Stone relief (1550-1200 BCE)                           
Late Bronze Age II
#08051030

The goddess Astarte, from Deir-el-Balach,near...

The goddess Astarte,                                   
from Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, Israel.                
Limestone figurine with traces of red paint            
(1200-950 BCE) Iron Age I
#08051031

The goddess Astarte, from Deir el-Balah, Gaza...

Head of a bearded man,                                 
from the Gaza Strip, Israel.                           
Terracotta (1550-1200 BCE)                             
Late Bronze/Early Iron Age
#08051032

Head of a bearded man, from the Gaza Strip, Isr...