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Female,double-faced head,Iron II from the Amman Citadel Four such heads were discovered in 1968,built into a Hellenistic drain.All have mortice holes top and bottom eyes inlaid in ivory; holes in neck for jewelry-inlays. "Woman at the window" type. Back view of 08-02-16/64
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Female,double-faced head,Iron II from the Amman Citadel Four such heads were di...

Female,double-faced head,Iron II from the Amman Citadel Four such heads were discovered in 1968,built into a Hellenistic drain.All have mortice holes top and bottom Eyes inlaid in ivory; holes in neck for jewelry-inlays. "Woman at the window" type.Reverse side of 08-02-16/64
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Female,double-faced head,Iron II from the Amman Citadel Four such heads were dis...

Male head from Petra. Parthian influence in the Phrygian cap,the four rows of tight curls and the thick,curly beard arranged in spirals. The sculpture may be the head of a Nabataean priest. Limestone,1st CE.
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Male head from Petra. Parthian influence in the Phrygian cap,the four ro...

Young woman wearing a laurel wreath,holding a mask of the God Pan or a satyr. She may be Melpomene,the muse of tragedy, or merely part of a frieze in honour of the God Dionysos. Limestone from Petra,1st half 1st CE,
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Young woman wearing a laurel wreath,holding a mask of the God Pan or a satyr....

Copy of the copper scroll found in Cave 3 of Qumran. This is the only Qumran text engraved on metal.The text in Aramaic tells about a hidden treasure of silver and gold weighing about 120-160 tons and lists over 60 hiding places, most of them in Jerusalem and Jericho.
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Copy of the copper scroll found in Cave 3 of Qumran. This is the only Qumran...

Strips of the copper scrolls found in cave 3 of Qumran.
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Strips of the copper scrolls found in cave 3 of Qumran.

Strips of the copper scroll, found in cave 3 of Qumran
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Strips of the copper scroll, found in cave 3 of Qumran

Strips of a copper scroll,found in cave 3 of Qumran
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Strips of a copper scroll,found in cave 3 of Qumran

Strips of the copper scrolls found in cave 3 of Qumran.
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Strips of the copper scrolls found in cave 3 of Qumran.

Fragments of Ecclesiastes - 4Q109 Kohelet From the Dead Sea Scrolls, found in the caves of Qumran. Dimensions: 14.5 x 19cm.
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Fragments of Ecclesiastes - 4Q109 Kohelet From the Dead Sea Scrolls, found in...

Copper inkpot found at Qumran.
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Copper inkpot found at Qumran.

Putto from a building in Petra.
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Putto from a building in Petra.