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Masterpieces of Biblical Art : Middle Bronze Age Jug with Painted Decorations
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Middle Bronze Age Jug with Painted Decorations - P.0616
Origin: Hebron, Israel
Circa: 1900
BC
to 1700
BC
Dimensions:
4.5" (11.4cm) high
x 3" (7.6cm) wide
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Terracotta
£6,400.00
Location: UAE
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In Israel, as in other ancient nations,
it was
customary to dedicate persons or objects
to
sacred use by anointing them with oil.
Thus
Samuel anointed Saul king, as Moses had
hallowed the tabernacle and Aaron the
High
Priest before, and Abraham had
sanctified Isaac.
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 cannot
know,
yet the connection is a direct one
between our
age and theirs.
- (P.0616)
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