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Late Bronze Age Vessels : Late Bronze Age Terracotta Rattle
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Late Bronze Age Terracotta Rattle - P.0411
Origin: Houran, Syria
Circa: 1500
BC
to 1250
BC
Dimensions:
4.75" (12.1cm) high
x 2.375" (6.0cm) wide
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: hk, sold
$760.00
Location: United States
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At ancient religious festivals, a rattle such
as this might have been shaken to attract
the attention of heaven. Imagine it held in
the hands of a worshiper centuries ago who
blended its noise with that of a thousand
like it to honor his gods. We hear also the
drumbeats and the wail of the flute, a
thousand voices raised in songs of praise,
as the colorful procession moved around
the courtyard of some vast temple complex.
We hold it in our own hands as that person
did so long ago and we wonder if its
melancholy music reaches the ears of a
deity the rest of the world has long since
forgotten.
- (P.0411)
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