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Middle Bronze Age Terrracotta Vessel - PF.1567
Origin: Jericho, Israel
Circa: 1900
BC
to 1700
BC
Collection: Biblical
Style: Middle Bronze
Medium: Terracotta
Condition: Very Fine
$1,800.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
In the time of the patriarch Abraham, this vessel
might have held ointments or perfumes, or
perhaps an offering of wine or honey. In Genesis
it says that Abraham anointed Isaac with oil,
perhaps from a jug like this. 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, the
centuries melt away and the imagination sets out
on a journey of discovery.
- (PF.1567)
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