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Iron Age Vessels : Iron Age Terracotta Decanter
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Iron Age Terracotta Decanter - PF.0113
Origin: Found on the Judean Hills, Israel
Circa: 900
BC
to 700
BC
Collection: Biblical
Style: Iron Age
Medium: Terracotta
$2,500.00
Location: United States
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In Israel, as in other ancient nations, it was
customary to dedicate persons or objects to
sacred use by annointing them with oil. Thus
Samuel annointed Saul king, as Moses had
hallowed the tabernacle and Aaron the High
Priest before, and Abraham had sanctified Issac.
A vessel such as this--simple but elegant--may
have contained oil for ritual use. Whose hands
might have held it so long ago we can only
guess, yet the connection is a direct one between
our age and theirs.
- (PF.0113)
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