Created during the time of the Hebrew
patriarchs, just prior to Moses, this elegant
vessel might have held a drink offering, or
perhaps served as a pouring vessel, or decanter
for water or wine. 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.
- (SP.039)
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