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Nabatean Artefacts : Nabatean/Roman Terracotta Bowl
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Nabatean/Roman Terracotta Bowl - PF.1712
Origin: Petra, Jordan
Circa: 50
BC
to 150
AD
Dimensions:
2.25" (5.7cm) high
x 4.5" (11.4cm) wide
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: hk, sold
$120.00
Location: United States
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At the height of the Nabatean Empire, this
elegant bowl might have held an offering of
food
or wine. Perhaps it was left as a gift at the
shrine
of some 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
journey of discovery.
- (PF.1712)
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