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Late Bronze Age Vessels : Late Bronze Age Terracotta Jug
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Late Bronze Age Terracotta Jug - PF.1731
Origin: Judaea, Israel
Circa: 1500
BC
to 1250
BC
Dimensions:
4.75" (12.1cm) high
x 3.25" (8.3cm) wide
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Terracotta
$600.00
Location: United States
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In the Israel of biblical times, this elegant vessel might have held rare oils or fragrant perfumes. Perhaps it was left as a votive 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.1731)
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