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The Bible (Old Testament)

THE BIBLE (OLD TESTAMENT)

The Jewish Museum New York

THE JEWISH MUSEUM NEW YORK

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Oil press, stone
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Oil press, stone

Oil press, stone
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Oil press, stone

Female bust, probably an Ammonite fertility idol. Limestone, Iron Age II The Dayan Collection
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Female bust, probably an Ammonite fer...

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

Edomite figurine, bought in Jerusalem Pottery, Iron Age II Height 5.7 cm
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Edomite figurine, bought in Jerusalem...

Treaty concluded after the battle of Kadesh between Pharaoh Ramses II and the Hittite King Muvatallish. Battle of Kadesh 1282 BCE, treaty probably 1272 BCE. Fragment of a terracotta tablet in Akkadian language, the diplomatic language of the 13th BCE.
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Treaty concluded after the battle of Kadesh between Pharaoh Ramses II and th...

Letter from the commander of the fortress of Lachish, announcing the fall to Syrian troops of Aseka, another outpost on the road to Jerusalem. A sentence reads: "I do not see the lights of Aseka anymore ..." Clay sherd covered with reed-pen and carbon ink writing.
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Letter from the commander of the fortress of Lachish, announcing the fall to...

Jewish bowl with Aramaic inscription, of Persian or Syrian origin.
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Jewish bowl with Aramaic inscription, of Persian or Syrian ori...

Bronze pyxis with nine shekels of Tyre minted between 13 BCE and 65 CE, used for temple taxes, fines etc. and also three Hebrew shekels.
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Bronze pyxis with nine shekels of Tyre minted between 13 BCE an...

Tetradrachm of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-163 BCE), Seleucidan king of Syria who, by his imposition of Greek law and customs in Judea, caused the Macabeean Revolt (167 BCE).
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Tetradrachm of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-163 BCE), Seleucidan king of Syria...

Tyrian shekels. One with a portrait, the other showing a bird. The coinage of the shekels of Tyre began in 127 BCE and lasted until 66 CE.
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Tyrian shekels. One with a portrait, the other showing a bird. The coin...

Bronze coin of Alexander Jannaeus, Hasmonean king of Judah (103-76 BCE), with Hebrew and Greek inscriptions.
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Bronze coin of Alexander Jannaeus, Hasmonean king of Judah...