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Bone awls polished to suit the purposes of weaving. They were also used for piecing and sewing leather. From Ain (Ayn) Ghazal, Amman, Jordan, Neolithic period, 10200-5000 BCE. The Jordan Museum, Amman.

Over a thousand years old, this Arabic inscription was found in Wadi Musa, just outside of Petra. This limestone block was a tombstone dedicated to the memory of an important man then, Abu al-Husayn ibn Abdullah, who...

This statue of Taurus was part of the temple's facade. The temple was designed according to classical fashion. It contains major constitutional elements of classical architectural order, but its decoration...

This is the upper half of a female figurine. Her facial features, hair, and necklace were carefully made in spite of being small in size. The breasts are prominent. Late Bronze Age, 1550-1200 BCE. From Tell...

This is a stone slab incised with a repeated array of concentric irregular squares. A line of 3 slabs bearing this decoration was found in a wall inside "Structure 2" at Wadi al-Hammeh 27. They were supported...

Terracotta figurine of the goddess on a large couch (cline), leaning on her left elbow. This was the typical position for dining at a banquet (symposium), which was derived from the Greek tradition and was adopted...

Hard greystone statue of an Ammonite king. Both hands of this male figure are clenched. He wears an Egyptian-style atef crown and a shawl over a garment in the Aramaic-Syrian tradition. Both legs stand on a pedestal of...

Carrot-shaped bottle, burnished and decorated with horizontal bands. This characteristic type was probably made for special liquids, such as cosmetics or medicinal oils. Locally made in an Assyrian form, such bottles link...

Large jar built up with coils of clay and then trimmed upside down on the wheel. Its base is tapered making the form similar to a plumb-bob when hanged by the handles. This type of jar was commonly associated...

Atarghatis is seated on a throne and a large head of the bearded Hadad, sculpted in limestone in the Oriental Syrian style, is beside her. Both came from a group of sculptures that decorated and adorned the...