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Double-Faced Female Figure of Astarte[?]
This limestone head probably represents the goddess Astarte. Some of the ivory inlays still remain within the eye sockets while holes on the collar were probably for inlay decorations. Four such heads were discovered together in 1968 CE and...
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Painted Pottery Jar from Arqub az-Zahr
Jar decorated in red, like a burnished slip or groups of lines The spouts applied to some jars may have served as stands for dipper juglets. Early Bronze Age, 3600-3100 BCE. From Arqub az-Zahr, Jordan. (The Jordan Museum, Amman, Jordan).
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Pilgrim Flask from Amman
This is an ancient pottery pilgrim flask. A human needs about 2.5 liters of water per day to survive; the equivalent to filling this flask five times. Circa 1200-1000 BCE. From modern-day Amman, Jordan Hashemite Kingdom. (The Jordan Museum...
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Rock Carved with an Animal Image from Dhuwayla
Over a hundred stones with rock carvings were discovered in a small seasonal hunting camp in the desert. The majority were found on the ground surface but a few had been incorporated into walls of traps for hunting gazelles, known as "kites"...
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Mysterious Writing on a Tablet from Al-Balqa
This clay tablet is one of 12 tablets which were found near the temple of Tell Deir Alla in 1964. The inscriptions on the surface of the tablets are still unknown and this mysterious writing cannot be deciphered. Before 1200 BCE. From Al-Balqa...
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The Lioness Woman from Tell Zar'a
This figurine is a combination of the Syrian goddess Astarte with the Egyptian Hathor-Sekhmet. The head is formed so that the front shows the face of a woman while the side view is the profile of a lioness. The goddesses were associated with...
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Pottery Jar Showing a Myth from Tell Zar'a
Lare jar painted in red and black on beige. The paintings show animal scenes in two registers. In the lower register, two large snakes lie opposite each other. In the upper one, framed by horizontal lines and a zigzag motif on the jar's shoulder...
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Ammonite Pottery Bottle
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 up with the general...
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Bone Awls from Ain Ghazal
These bone awls were made from animal bones and were polished to suit the purposes of weaving. They were also used for piecing and sewing leather. Neolithic period, 10200 -5000 BCE. From Ain (Ayn) Ghazal, Amman, Jordan. (The Jordan Museum...
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Plaster Figurine from Khirbet as-Samra
Plaster figurines were usually made in human and animal forms. Most of them depicted a female figure with raised arms, dressed in a long garment, and often decorated with a small mirror; very few had depicted male figures. These figurines...