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Modern reconstruction of the citadel gate of Hazor.    
Proto-Ionic capitals and lintel were found in the      
excavation - from the time of King Ahab of Israel.
#08050836

Modern reconstruction of the citadel gate of Hazor. Proto-Ionic capitals and...

Modern reconstruction of the citadel gate of Hazor.    
Proto-Ionic capitals and lintel were found in the      
excavation - from the time of King Ahab of Israel.
#08050837

Modern reconstruction of the citadel gate of Hazor. Proto-Ionic capitals and...

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...

Stele of a Moabite god. From Shihan, Jordan.           
Black basalt, H: 103 cm                                
Early Iron Age, 1200-800 BCE                           
AO 5055
#08051048

Stele of a Moabite god. From Shihan, Jordan. Black basalt, H: 103 cm...

Two winged lions with human heads, 5 lines of          
of Himjarite inscription in the upper section.         
Funeral stele dedicated to the deified King of Wadum.  
Yellow sandstone                                       
31.5 x 13.5 cm - AO 4098
#08051069

Two winged lions with human heads, 5 lines of of Himjarite inscription...

Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of            
fecundity and King Iddin Dagan of the Isin Dynasty.    
Sumerian terracotta tablet (18th BCE)                  
12.2 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm                                    
AO 6020
#080511 7

Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of fecundity and King Iddin...

Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of            
fecundity and King Iddin Dagan of the Isin Dynasty.    
Sumerian terracotta tablet (18th BCE)                  
12.2 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm                                    
AO 6020
#080511 8

Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of fecundity and King Iddin...

Codex Hammurabi (1790 BCE), the first set of           
laws ever put into writing. From the original          
292 laws, only paragraphs 147-179 were generally       
used in law courts. Sumerian terracotta tablet         
14.5 x 10 x 13.3 cm
#080511 9

Codex Hammurabi (1790 BCE), the first set of laws ever put into writi...

Fragmented tablet with Aramaic inscription from the    
34th year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor II, 566 BCE.  
Terracotta                                             
5 x 7 x 2.4 cm                                         
AO 21 063
#08051117

Fragmented tablet with Aramaic inscription from the 34th year of the reign o...

Seal of Nabuchodonosor I (reigned 1128-1106 BCE)       
bought in Jerusalem.                                   
Clay                                                   
9.5 x 8.2 cm                                           
Inv. H 1704
#08051118

Seal of Nabuchodonosor I (reigned 1128-1106 BCE) bought in Jerusalem....

The Alexander Hoard: a small terracotta jug            
in which 20 drachmas with the portrait of              
of Alexander the Great were found.
#08051129

The Alexander Hoard: a small terracotta jug in which 20 drachmas wit...

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).
#08051134

Tetradrachm of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-163 BCE), Seleucidan king of Syria...