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Iron Age Terracotta Pyxis - SP.315
Origin: Hebron Hills, Israel
Circa: 900
BC
to 700
BC
Dimensions:
2.75" (7.0cm) high
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Terracotta
$360.00
Location: United States
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In the Israel of Biblical times, this vessel, known as a pyxis, might have held an offering of wine or honey. As we hold it in our hands today, admiring its simple beauty, we are aware of the touch of other hands long ago. Who might have held it when it was new? Were the dreams and emotions that guided their lives so very different from our own? The vessel's graceful unadorned shape appeals as much to the contemporary eye as it did to the culture that created it. Such artifacts, ordinary enough in their own age, connect us in an intimate way with the world of the past. In its presence, the centuries melt away and the imagination sets out on a journey of discovery.
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