POTTERY WINE MEASURING JAR "DIPPER"
BIBLICAL, CANAANITE, MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of the Patriarchs

Dimensions:
Height: 19 cm
Width: 10 cm
Height on stand: 21 cm

Condition: Good condition with earthy patina as found.

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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PERFUME POTTERY JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, biblical Middle Bronze Age, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham

Dimensions:
Height: 10.5 cm
Diameter: 8 cm
Height on stand: 14 cm

Condition: Very good condition with nice earthy patina as found

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenance in the biblical lands during the biblical ...

POTTERY PERFUME JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, Middle Bronze Age
1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham

Ovoid body, double-shaped handle and a small neck

Dimensions:
Height: 17 cm
Diameter: 10 cm
Height on stand: 21 cm

Condition: Rim and part of the body professionally repaired and restored

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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#811068

POTTERY OIL LAMP
Byzantine empire, 5th Cent. AD

Nicely made and decorated with a schematic seven branched menorah on the nozzle

This lamp will make a nice addition to the finest oil lamp collection

Measurements:
Length: 10 cm
Width: 7 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

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DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, Nabatean 50 BC – 150 AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

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