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Goddess Astarte Plaque
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Goddess Astarte Plaque

Terracotta plaque depicting the Canaanite goddess Astarte. The Late Bronze Age at Lachish. (The British Museum, London).
Fleeing Phoenician Queen
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Fleeing Phoenician Queen

This gypsum fragment shows a Phoenician queen holding a baby, fleeing in a boat from the invading Assyrian army. It was once part of limestone relief at the Throne room I of Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh. From the South-West Palace, Nineveh...
Trapetum Roman Olive Press
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Trapetum Roman Olive Press

A Roman stone olive press known as a trapetum. From Pompeii. The device consisted of a large stone bowl (mortarium) into which the olives were poured and then crushed under two concave stones (orbes) attached to a central beam (cupa) fixed...
Olive Grove
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Olive Grove

An olive grove on the Greek island of Corfu.
Ivory Back Rest From Nimrud
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Ivory Back Rest From Nimrud

The 6 ivory panels, set within a plane framework, would originally have been mounted on the concave inner surface of a curved wooden support. By analogy with a similar curved back rest from Salamis in Cyprus, it seems likely that this piece...
Hittite Basalt Stela Showing Goddess Kubaba
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Hittite Basalt Stela Showing Goddess Kubaba

The upper part is a freestanding basalt monument depicting the goddess Kubaba, consort of the storm god Teshub, and one of the most important deities at Carchemish. She holds a mirror and pomegranate, symbols of magic and fertility. Neo-Hittite...
Glazed Polychrome Tile from Tell el-Yahudieh
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Glazed Polychrome Tile from Tell el-Yahudieh

This decorative tile of glazed faience originally ornamented the walls of a palace of King Ramesses III at Tell e-Yahudieh in the Egyptian Delta. This (and other tiles) would once have been included in symbolic friezes illustrating Egypt's...
Ivory Hand from The Fosse Temple
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Ivory Hand from The Fosse Temple

It is possible that this hand formed part of the temple's cult figure. LBII, 1400-1200 BCE. From the Fosse Temple at Lachish, modern-day Israel. (The British Museum, London).
Gold Plaque From Tell el-Ajjul
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Gold Plaque From Tell el-Ajjul

This plaque of gold is thought to represent the Canaanite goddess of fertility, Astarte. MBIIC, 1650-1500 BCE. From Tell el-Ajjul, Gaza Strip. (The British Museum, London).
Decorative Bone Inlay from Jericho
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Decorative Bone Inlay from Jericho

These finely worked fragments were found scattered on the floor of tomb P19. Some were undoubtedly applied to small rectangular or circular wooden boxes, parts of which were recovered. Others might have been used to ornament items of furniture...
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