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Furniture inlay: striding sphinx
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Israelite & Persian Periods
Furniture inlay: striding sphinx
Furniture inlay: striding sphinx
Samaria
Iron Age II, 9th-8th century BCE
Ivory
L: 3.3; W: 2.6 cm
IAA:
1933-2597
Archaeology/Israelite & Persian Periods
Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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Seal impression from legal archive:
Iron Age II, 6th century BCE
City of David, Jerusalem
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Iron Age II, 8th-6th century BCE
Akhzib
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Persian period, 4th century BCE
Mizpe Hayammim
Arrowhead
Iron Age II, 8th century BCE
Lachish
Bottle
Iron Age I, 12th-11th century BCE
Azor
Bowl decorated with animal figures
Iron Age II, 10th century BCE
Tell el-Hammah
Furniture inlay: robed figure (the god Osiris?)
Iron Age II, 9th-8th century BCE
Samaria
Furniture inlay: striding sphinx
Iron Age II, 9th-8th century BCE
Samaria
Horse and rider
Iron Age II, 8th-7th century BCE
Akhzib
Funerary gift: oil lamp
Iron Age II, late 7th-6th century BCE
Ketef Hinnom, Jerusalem
Funerary gift: bottle
Iron Age II, late 7th-6th century BCE
Ketef Hinnom, Jerusalem
Royal capital
Iron Age II, 7th century BCE
Ramat Rahel