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Torso of bird-faced Astarte, wearing                   
a three-row necklace. From Jerusalem.                  
Terracotta (13th BCE) Late Bronze Age                  
Height 6.2 cm                                          
Inv. H 780
#08050244

Torso of bird-faced Astarte, wearing a three-row necklace. Fr...

Various Astarte figurines, pillar-type.                
Terracotta (1000-600 BCE) Iron Age II                  
10th-7th BCE
#08050247

Various Astarte figurines, pillar-type. Terracotta (1000-600 BCE...

Five oval plaque figurines with elaborate              
hairdos, hands supporting their breasts.               
From Aman (?)                                          
Pottery with painted decoration                        
Height 11 cm - Inv. R.E.H. 060
#08050256

Five oval plaque figurines with elaborate hairdos, hands supportin...

Man's head, schematic, cone-shaped with big eyes       
and nose and probably a beard. Red pottery.            
Astarte head, bird-like. Yellow pottery. From Negev.   
(800-700 BCE) Israelite Period, Iron Age II.           
Height both 6 cm - Inv. H 464 and H 465
#08050257

Man's head, schematic, cone-shaped with big eyes and nose and probably a...

Man and a bull's head on a Kernus (part of             
a pilgrim's bottle). From Sebaste (Shomron).           
Aramaic-Syrian influence (?)                           
Terracotta (900-600 BCE) Late Iron Age                 
Height 8.15 cm - Inv. H 572
#08050260

Man and a bull's head on a Kernus (part of a pilgrim's bottle). Fro...

Vase with beige, flower-shaped rim,                    
a very special piece of local work,                    
from Shomrom Tell el-Farah (Tirzah).                   
Alabaster (3000-2700 BCE) Early Bronze                 
Canaanite
#080503 3

Vase with beige, flower-shaped rim, a very special piece of...

Bottle. Red-colored, one-handled,                      
neck and handle restored, part of                      
flat rimmed base missing.                              
From Jerusalem                                         
Height 30.4 cm - Inv. H 1402
#08050314

Bottle. Red-colored, one-handled, neck and handle restored...

Egg-shaped bottle made from an ostrich eggshell:       
four perpendicular bronze strips along the body,       
two of them hold the handle. From Jerusalem            
Hyxos Period                                           
Height 17.6 cm
#08050320

Egg-shaped bottle made from an ostrich eggshell: four perpendicular bronz...

Alabaster chalice from Ein Samya.                      
Goose-shaped bowl and flask.                           
Height 8.4 cm                                          
Inv. H 245
#08050332

Alabaster chalice from Ein Samya. Goose-shaped bowl and fl...

Anthropomorphic "Beer-Jug". Reddish, neckpiece with    
face surmounted by a handle, stomach with strainer.    
Very rare piece, from the southern hills of Hebron.    
Height 23.5 cm
#08050333

Anthropomorphic "Beer-Jug". Reddish, neckpiece with face surmounted by a han...

Conical chalice. Light colored pottery,                
parts of the rim and base missing.                     
From Wadi Ara                                          
Height 15.7 cm                                         
Inv. H 654
#08050337

Conical chalice. Light colored pottery, parts of the rim and bas...

Animal with engraved lines on body and legs.           
From Jerusalem                                         
Bone (around 3000 BCE)                                 
Height 1.6 cm
#080504 2

Animal with engraved lines on body and legs. From Jerusalem...