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Early Bronze Age Terracotta Vessel with Spout - PF.1806
Origin: Ashkelon, Israel
Circa: 3300
BC
to 2700
BC
Dimensions:
4.75" (12.1cm) high
x 5" (12.7cm) wide
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: SOLD
Location: United States
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At the dawn of the Biblical era this elegant vessel
might have held an offering of oil, milk, or beer.
Perhaps it was left as a votive at the shrine of a
powerful deity. 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, we cross the bridge of
time and set the imagination on a wondrous
journey of discovery.
- (PF.1806)
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