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Bowl decorated with two ibex in relief Beth Shean Valley Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Hoard of copper objects Kfar Monash Early Bronze Age, 2950-2650 BCE	Rare goblet Ein Samiya, near Ramallah Intermediate Bronze Age, 2300-2000 BCE	Statue of a figure with a large basin Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Figurine of a fertility goddess Revadim Late Canaanite period, 13th century BCE
The calf and its shrine Ashkelon Middle Canaanite period, 16th century BCE	Anthropoid sarcophagi Cemetery at Deir el-Balah Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE	Jar with a dipper juglet Arad Early Bronze Age, 3000–2650 BCE	Cooking pot Arad Early Bronze Age, 3000–2650 BCE	Tray Arad Early Bronze Age, 3000–2650 BCE
Oil lamps Arad Early Bronze Age, 3000–2650 BCE	Spouted krater Arad Early Bronze Age, 3000–2650 BCE	Model house Arad Early Bronze Age, 3000–2650 BCE	Game board Arad Early Bronze Age, 3000–2650 BCE	Hairpin Megiddo Early Bronze Age, 3000 BCE
Necklace of beads and pendants, restrung Tel Esur Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Drop-shaped pendants En Hame‘ara Early Bronze Age, 3000–2650 BCE	Finger ring Azor Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Earring En Hanaziv Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Teapot Tel Kitan Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE
Teapot Beth Ulla Early Bronze Age, 3500-2300 BCE	Potter’s wheel with lumps of clay Beth Yerah Early Bronze Age, 2650-2300 BCE	Juglet Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Bowl Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Jug Beth Ulla Early Bronze Age, 3500-2300 BCE
Jarlet Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Jarlet Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Small jar with lid Nahal Tabor Late Chalcolithic period, 4000-3500 BCE	Miniature juglet Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Decorated cup Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE
Jarlet Beth Ulla Early Bronze Age, 3500-2300 BCE	Miniature amphoriskos Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Miniature amphoriskos Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Miniature juglet Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Miniature juglet Beth Ulla Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE
Miniature juglet Arad Early Bronze Age, 3000–2650 BCE	Twin vessel Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Jug decorated in net-pattern Nahal Tabor Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Amphoriskos Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Amphoriskos Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE
Bowl Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Bowl Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Bowl Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Jar decorated with band-slip Tel Kitan Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Jar decorated with band-slip Tel Kitan Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE
Vase decorated with band-slip Tel Kitan Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Jar decorated with a snake in relief Arad Early Bronze Age, 3000–2650 BCE	Incense stand Provenance unknown Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Incense stand Nahal Tabor Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Bull’s head Beth Yerah Early Bronze Age, 2650-2300 BCE
Bull figurine Arad Early Bronze Age, 3000–2650 BCE	Jar from Egypt bearing the name of a king of the First Dynasty Arad Early Bronze Age, 3000 BCE	Cylindrical vessel for cheese from Egypt Tel Erani Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Globular jar, perhaps for perfume, from Egypt Tel Erani Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Egyptian jar bearing a pharaoh’s name Arad Early Bronze Age, 3000 BCE
Grinding palette from Egypt Azor Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Knife from Egypt Azor Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Miniature Egyptian-style vessels Tel Erani Early Bronze Age, 3500-3000 BCE	Lion and lioness at play Beth Shean Late Canaanite period, 14th century BCE	Reconstructed jewelry box Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE
Peg-shaped figurine of a god Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Plaque in the shape of a goddess Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Plaque in the shape of a goddess Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Plaque depicting a goddess in relief Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Statue of the storm god poised to strike Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE
Statue of an enthroned king wearing a broad-hemmed cloak Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Statue of a seated god Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Pendant bearing divine symbols Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Earring bearing divine symbols Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Figurine in the shape of a crouching lion Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE
Ceremonial scimitar Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Egyptian-type axe Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Lion-shaped vessel for liquid offerings Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Head of an Egyptian king, originally inlaid, part of a figurine imported from Egypt Hazor Middle Canaanite period, 20th century BCE	Vessel for liquid offerings Holy of Holies, Orthostat Temple, Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE
Standing stone decorated with a horned sun disk in the center Holy of Holies, Orthostat Temple, Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Statue of the storm god on the back of a bull Orthostat Temple, Hazor Late Canaanite period, Second half of the 2nd millennium BCE	Basin with spiral decoration for liquid offerings Holy of Holies, Orthostat Temple, Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Offering table Holy of Holies, Orthostat Temple, Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Cultic objects from the “Shrine of the Stelae” Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE
Juglet decorated with the figure of a monkey covering its eyes Nahariya Middle Canaanite Period, 19th-17th century BCE	Sheep(?) figurine Nahariya Middle Canaanite Period, 19th-17th century BCE	Mold for casting weapons Nahariya Middle Canaanite Period, 19th-17th century BCE	Figurines of gods Nahariya Middle Canaanite Period, 19th-17th century BCE	Plaque depicting a naked goddess on a horse, probably Astarte or Anat Lachish Late Canaanite period, 13th century BCE
Mold with modern cast of a of a goddess figurine Tel Qarnayim Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE	Figurine plaque of a naked goddess, used in household rituals Tel Batash Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE	Mold for casting a goddess figurine Nahariya Middle Canaanite Period, 19th-17th century BCE	Standing stone in the shape of a naked goddess Tel Kitan Middle Canaanite period, 19th-18th century BCE	Figurine of a seated god(?) wearing a kilt, mantle, and, originally, a headdress Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE
Figurine of a striking goddess, probably Anat or Astarte Dan Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE	Standing stone depicting the Canaanite god Mekal Beth Shean Late Canaanite period, 13th century BCE	Wall bracket for a lighting implement or incense burner,decorated with a bull in relief Megiddo Late Canaanite period, 13th century BCE	Bull-shaped vessel and medallion in the shape of a horned sun disk Shiloh Middle Canaanite period, 16th century BCE	The bull and its shrine Orthostat Temple, Hazor Late Canaanite period, 15th-13th century BCE
Horn-shaped flask decorated with a woman’s head Megiddo Late Canaanite period, 15th century BCE	Conch-shaped bowl Megiddo Late Canaanite period, 15th century BCE	Snakes Tel Mevorakh, Ekron and Hazor Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE	Ritual scepter-head depicting two snakes wound around a framed figure Hazor Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE	Scepters decorated with pomegranates Lachish Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE
Scepters decorated with pomegranates Tel Nami Late Canaanite period, 13th century BCE	Juglet in the shape of a horned animal Tur'an Middle Canaanite period, first half of the 2nd millennium BCE	“Snake” jug, probably a container for scented oil Provenance unknown Middle Canaanite period, 16th century BCE	Goblet decorated with a double female head Tell Abu-Hawam Late Canaanite period, 13th century BCE	Wine set Tel Nami Late Canaanite period, 13th century BCE
Masks Hazor Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE	Incense stands Tel Nami Late Canaanite period, 13th century BCE	Fish-shaped vessel from Egypt Tell Al-Ajjul Late Canaanite period, 15th century BCE	Fish-shaped vessel Tel Poleg Middle Canaanite period, 19th-18th century BCE	Trident and tongs used for sacrificial offerings Akko Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE
Incense stands Shiloh Middle Canaanite period, 17th-16th century BCE	Jug for making beer, from Egypt Deir el-Balah Late Canaanite period, 13th century BCE	Painted jug from Cyprus Megiddo Middle Canaanite period, 18th-17th century BCE	*Ribbed bucchero* jug from Cyprus** Jerusalem Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE	“Milk bowl” from Cyprus Akko Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE
Bowl from Cyprus Jerusalem Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE	Bowl from Cyprus(?) Provenance unknown Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE	Painted jug from Cyprus Provenance unknown Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE	Figurine of a naked woman from Cyprus Deir el-Balah Late Canaanite period, 13th century BCE	Bull-shaped vessel from Cyprus, used as a rattle Provenance unknown Late Canaanite period, 13th century BCE
Red-slip jug from Cyprus Gezer Late Canaanite period, 14th century BCE	White-shaved juglet from Cyprus Tel Mor Late Canaanite period, 14th century BCE	Deep bowl from Cyprus Tel Nagila Middle Canaanite period, 16th century BCE	Deep bowl from Cyprus Lachish Middle Canaanite period, 18th-16th century BCE	Stirrup jar from Greece Deir el-Balah Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE
“Charioteer Vase” Dan, made in Mycenae Late Canaanite period, Second half of the 14th century BCE	Plate from Egypt Tel Yin'am Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE	Fragment of a statuette of an Egyptian worshiper Dan Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE	Egyptian statue head Tell Al-Ajjul Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE	Preliminary relief from Egypt depicting a head Tell Al-Ajjul Late Canaanite period, 14th century BCE
Signet ring Aphek Late Canaanite period, 13th century BCE	Jugs from Egypt, painted red and blue Deir el-Balah Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE	Vessels from Egypt Deir el-Balah Late Canaanite period, 15th-14th century BCE	Earring Provenance unknown 16th - 15th century BCE	Applique Provenance unknown 14th-13th century BCE
Eight pomegranate-shaped pendants Provenance unknown 14th-13th century BCE	Figurine of a worshiper Tel Jarmuth Early Bronze Age, 2650-2300 BCE

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