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Alabaster vase with handle in the shape of a monkey, 19th-17th BCE. Many vessels made of alabaster have been found in Egyptian tombs and it is likely that the Jews brought the art of alabaster-carving with them from Egypt.
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Alabaster vase with handle in the shape of a monkey, 19th-17th BCE. Many vess...

Alabaster vase with handles ending in ibis-heads. From Beth-Shean. Many vessels made of alabster were found in Egyptian tombs and it is likely that the Jews brought the art of alabaster-carving with them from Egypt.
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Alabaster vase with handles ending in ibis-heads. From Beth-Shean. Many ve...

Two alabaster bowls found in an anthropoid sarcophagus in Gaza, Israel. 13th BCE
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Two alabaster bowls found in an anthropoid sarcophagus in Gaza, Israel. 13th BC...

Reshef, the Canaanite god of the underworld and of plagues on a throne. Detail of a stele from Beth-Shean, Israel. Around 1300 BCE
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Reshef, the Canaanite god of the underworld and of plagues on a thro...

Female statue, holding a round object like a tamburine against her breast. From Megiddo, Israel
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Female statue, holding a round object like a tamburine against her breast. From...

Tall silver vase with leaf-ornament.
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Tall silver vase with leaf-ornament.

Ever since the Canaanite period, certain gifts, for instance for the inauguration of a new sanctuary, were offered in silver bowls like this one, discovered in Tell-el-Farah.
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Ever since the Canaanite period, certain gifts, for instance for the ina...

Silver coin with lyre and Hebrew inscription issued by Simon Bar Kochba, leader of the second Jewish revolt (132-135 CE) against the Roman occupation of Palestine under Emperor Hadrian. Dated 134 CE, H:2,5 cm
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Silver coin with lyre and Hebrew inscription issued by Simon Bar Koch...

A silver tetadrachma minted in 134 CE, the third year of the Bar-Kochba revolt (131-135 CE), showing lulav (palm branch) and etrog( a citrus fruit), used in the feast of the tabernacle (Sukkot).
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A silver tetadrachma minted in 134 CE, the third year of the Bar-Kochba revolt...

Artemis Ephesia. Marble statue, torso (1st BCE). The "breasts" are bulls' testicles.
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Artemis Ephesia. Marble statue, torso (1st BCE). The "breasts" are bulls' testic...

Satyr playing with a panther. Marble statue, copy of a Hellenistic original (around 40 BCE) from Caesarea. Inv. 162
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Satyr playing with a panther. Marble statue, copy of a Hellenistic or...

A Jewish funeral. Canvas
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A Jewish funeral. Canvas