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Ostracon with ibex. From Tello, Ubaid period,          
4000-3300 BCE                                          
Pottery, 9,7 x 5,6 cm                                  
AO 15338
#08021014

Ostracon with ibex. From Tello, Ubaid period, 4000-3300 BCE...

Ostracon with human figures, from South-east Iran.     
Probably 5th-4th mill.BCE                              
Terracotta, H: 8 cm                                    
AO 10935
#08021460

Ostracon with human figures, from South-east Iran. Probably 5th-4th mill.BC...

Terracotta bowl.                                       
Drawing inside: river with                             
a palm tree on either side.                            
From the excavations at Gezer.
#08050315

Terracotta bowl. Drawing inside: river wi...

Hebrew ostracon (potsherd) with inscription:           
"Gold from Ophir to Beth-horon - 30  shekels"          
From Tell Quasileh (Tel Aviv), Israel                  
Width 5 cm
#08050610

Hebrew ostracon (potsherd) with inscription: "Gold from Ophir to Beth...

Ostracon (potsherd)                                    
with Hebrew inscription,                               
from Samaria, Israel
#08050615

Ostracon (potsherd) with Hebrew inscription,...

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
#08050619

Grain ostracon (potsherd) listing distribution of wheat, beginning with...

Hebrew ostracon (potsherd). A reaper                   
complains before the governor that an                  
officer had unjustly confiscated his                   
garment. From Mesad Hashavjahu, Israel                 
(late 7th BCE)
#08050623

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
#08050625

Jewish ostracon (potsherd) with Aramaic inscription: "To teven p...

Drawing of a menorah engraved into a lime floor        
upon a thick layer of plaster, in a house opposite     
the Temple of Jerusalem (around 40 BCE), burnt at the  
destruction of the 2nd Temple in 70 CE.
#08050644

Drawing of a menorah engraved into a lime floor upon a thick layer of pl...

Drawing of a menorah (height 20 cm) on a stone.        
Probably the oldest representation of a Temple         
Menorah. The 2nd Temple was destroyed in 70 CE.
#08050645

Drawing of a menorah (height 20 cm) on a stone. Probably the oldest repr...

Small terracotta potsherd with incised fish-bone       
pattern. From the site of the fishponds of             
Sha'ar Hagolan, near the ancient shore of the          
Yarmuk river. Height 9 cm                              
Yarmukian culture.
#080508 1

Small terracotta potsherd with incised fish-bone pattern. From the site o...

Ostracon (potsherd) with Hebrew                        
inscription: Your son Yehukal ...                      
From Arad, Israel.
#08051114

Ostracon (potsherd) with Hebrew inscription: Your son Ye...