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The Gezer Calendar, 7 horizontal lines of              
Hebrew inscription, 1 vertical line at left.           
Wood and gypsum (Iron Period II), from Gezer, Israel   
This is the first known agricultural calendar.         
Height 7.2 cm
#080506 9

The Gezer Calendar, 7 horizontal lines of Hebrew inscription, 1 ve...

Seals (around 1000 BCE),                               
from Ain Shems, Judah, Israel
#08050611

Seals (around 1000 BCE), from Ain Shems, Judah, I...

Hebrew papyrus from the First Temple                   
Period (mid 7th BCE), from Wadi Murabaat.
#08050617

Hebrew papyrus from the First Temple Period (mid 7th BCE), fr...

Jar handles stamped with                               
Hebrew seal impressions.                               
Iron Age
#08050618

Jar handles stamped with Hebrew seal impressions....

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...

Juglet containing clay balls bearing seal impressions  
with names. Next to it two stone weights (early 6th BC)
from Lachish, Israel.
#08050621

Juglet containing clay balls bearing seal impressions with names. Next to it t...

Sennacherib's prism (691 BCE),  describing
the third campaign of the king to reassert
Assyrian hegemony over Syria and Canaan. It
mentions among others Hezekiah, King of Judah.
#08050622

Sennacherib's prism (691 BCE), describing the third campaign of the king to rea...

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...

Seal showing a man harvesting with a sickle.           
Stone
#08050627

Seal showing a man harvesting with a sickle. Stone

Young man in a Parthian costume, holding a rhyton.     
Funeral relief from the side of a sarcophagus.         
From Palmyra 1st half 3rd CE.                          
Limestone                                              
AO 4084
#08050628

Young man in a Parthian costume, holding a rhyton. Funeral relief from the...

Bread seal of a Gaza: baker in                           
front of his oven (abstracted).                        
Diameter: approxim. 6 cm                               
Inv. R 1153
#08050633

Bread seal of a Gaza: baker in front of his oven (ab...