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Holyland Antiquities

The Holy Land, also called the Syro-Palestinian region includes ancient Judaea and Palestine, and parts of ancient Phoenicia, Syria, and Arabia. To learn more, visit our NumisWiki Holy Land Antiquities page.

Canaanite, Offering Vessel, Pottery Kernos with Four Pedestalled Bowls, c. 1700 - 900 B.C.

|Holy| |Land| |Antiquities|, |Canaanite,| |Offering| |Vessel,| |Pottery| |Kernos| |with| |Four| |Pedestalled| |Bowls,| |c.| |1700| |-| |900| |B.C.|
In the typology of ancient Greek pottery, the kernos (plural kernoi) is a cult offering vessel, with a pottery ring or stone tray to which are attached several small vessels for holding offerings. The Greek term is also applied to similar compound vessels from other cultures in the Mediterranean, the Levant, Mesopotamia, and South Asia. Amiran photo 350, is a kernos from Megiddo, dated Iron I, 1200 B.C. – 1000 B.C. It has a similar ring base. but with eight ornate vessels of various shapes attached. Amiran assumed it was used in the First Fruits offering and notes the form originated in the Mycenaean-Minoan world. Pande fig. 12 is simpler kernos with three small bowls on a ring (without the pedestals) from Mycenae, Middle Minoan III levels, 1700 - 1600 B.C. We do not know of another example with pedestalled bowls.
AL23895. Canaanite kernos, cf. Pande fig. 12, see Amiran photo 350, Choice, reconstructed, c. 1700 - 900 B.C.; 12.5cm tall, buff clay kernos, four shallow bows, each on an individual column pedestal, joined at the sides, holes in the walls connecting them, the pedestals on a ring base, ex Griffin Gallery of Ancient Art (Boca Raton FL); very rare; $1750.00 (€1645.00)
 


Judaea, Terracotta Pottery Four-Horned Votive Altar, c. 1st - 2nd Century A.D.

|Holy| |Land| |Antiquities|, |Judaea,| |Terracotta| |Pottery| |Four-Horned| |Votive| |Altar,| |c.| |1st| |-| |2nd| |Century| |A.D.|
The book of Exodus relates that God gave Moses instructions..."You shall make the altar...five cubits long and five cubits wide, the altar is to be square, and three cubits high. Make its horns on the four corners, the horns to be of one piece with it." Smaller four-horned pottery altars found in Israel date back to at least as early as the 10th Century B.C. (Dayagi-Mendels, p. 65). Our altar was probably intended as a votive gift to be filled with incense and left burning at a temple or shrine.
AA99528. Terracotta pottery four-horned votive altar, Choice, complete and intact, small surface only crack in interior, light encrustations, 14.5cm (5 3/4") tall, 9.3cm (3 5/8") maximum width, c. 1st - 2nd Century A.D.; buff-pinkish-white clay (Munsell color 7.5YR 8/2), four horned altar: W-shaped cut on each of the four sides of the square mouth, a cylindrical column body, square stepped base with 4 legs; ex Archaeological Center (Robert Deutsch, Tel Aviv, Israel), auction 65 (27 Sep 2018), lot 472; ex S.M. Collection (Herzliya Pituah, Israel); very rare; $1500.00 (€1410.00)
 


Judaean, Pottery Dipper Jug, Iron Age II, 1000 - 587 B.C.

|Holy| |Land| |Antiquities|, |Judaean,| |Pottery| |Dipper| |Jug,| |Iron| |Age| |II,| |1000| |-| |587| |B.C.|
This specimen is much more finely made than all the many similarly shaped but more carelessly made jugs in our references.
AA99525. Judaean, pottery dipper jug, cf. Amiran pl. 89, 6; Ustinov Potter UP141, Superb, complete and intact; 15.0cm (6") tall, 12.5cm (5") diameter, Iron Age II, 1000 - 587 B.C.; wheel made, red-brown clay, broad squat globular body, simple flattened base, high cylindrical neck, simple rounded vertical rim, strap handle from rim to shoulder; ex Mera Antiq (Yossi Eilon, Tel Aviv); found in Israel; $870.00 (€817.80)
 


Herodian Judaea - Roman Syria Palestina, Footed Redware Pottery Bowl, 1st - 4th Century A.D.

|Pottery| |Antiquities|, |Herodian| |Judaea| |-| |Roman| |Syria| |Palestina,| |Footed| |Redware| |Pottery| |Bowl,| |1st| |-| |4th| |Century| |A.D.|
 
AA99538. Footed redware pottery bowl, 21cm (8 1/4") diameter, 5cm (2" tall), Choice, complete and intact, a few scratches, chip on foot, reverse unglazed, wheel marks left as ornamentation, wide shallow bowl with small embellishment in center, rounded and folded lip, squat open foot; found in Israel, ex Archaeological Center (Robert Deutsch, Tel Aviv, Israel, 16 Apr 2015), with photocopy of Israel Antiquities Authority export approval certificate; $850.00 (€799.00)
 


Egypt, New Kingdoms Period, Faience Cosmetic Vessel, 1550 - 1050 B.C.

|Egyptian| |Antiquities|, |Egypt,| |New| |Kingdoms| |Period,| |Faience| |Cosmetic| |Vessel,| |1550| |-| |1050| |B.C.|
 
AA99534. Faience unguentarium (cosmetic vessel); cf. Dayan collection p. 90, Collectible condition, complete and intact except for significant surface losses, one side remains attractive; 8.9cm tall, light blue-green faience (partially gone white), ovoid body, flaring mouth, flattened rim; painted black linear design: pattern of thin vertical leaves, between two lines with wavy line between above, and double line below, lotus flower at foot; ex Archaeological Center (Robert Deutsch, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2011), found in Israel; $700.00 (€658.00)
 


Holyland, Hellenistic Greek, Pottery Oil Pouring Vessel, 3rd Century B.C.

|Holy| |Land| |Antiquities|, |Holyland,| |Hellenistic| |Greek,| |Pottery| |Oil| |Pouring| |Vessel,| |3rd| |Century| |B.C.|NEW
Many ancient cites the Holyland were centers of Hellenic culture, beginning from early in the Hellenic Period, and remaining so under Hasmonean, Herodian, and Roman rule. Some of these Hellenic cities, those that became the Decapolis under Rome, included Scythopolis (modern Bet She'an, Israel), Hippos, Gadara, Raphana, Dion (or Dium), Pella, Gerasa, Philadelphia (modern Amman, Jordan), Canatha, and Damascus (capital of modern Syria).
AA99535. Hellenistic Greek, pottery oil pouring vessel, Choice, complete and intact, some paint lose, some tiny chips; 9.6cm (3 3/4") tall to top of handle, 8.3mm (3 1/4") wide to tip of spout; pink-cream clay (Munsell color 7.5 YR 8/3), 3rd Century B.C.; reverse wheel made, pale-brown clay, teardrop body with a flat top and bottom tapered to a wide foot, spout at shoulder, strap handle looping high from the mouth to the shoulder, the top half of the vessel including the spout and handle is painted black; Archaeological Center (Robert Deutsch, Tel Aviv, Israel) auction 53 (4 Oct 2012), lot 122; found in Israel; $650.00 (€611.00)
 


Roman, Galilee, Judaea - Syria Palestina, Small Kefar Hananya Bowl, 1st - Early 5th Century A.D.

|Holy| |Land| |Antiquities|, |Roman,| |Galilee,| |Judaea| |-| |Syria| |Palestina,| |Small| |Kefar| |Hananya| |Bowl,| |1st| |-| |Early| |5th| |Century| |A.D.|
 
AA99537. Kefar Hananya ware small bowl, 12.6cm (5") diameter, 4.3cm (1 3/4") tall, Choice, completed and intact, 1st - early 5th century A.D.; wheel made, fine red clay (Munsell reddish brown color 2.5YR 5/8) with chalk inclusions, simple design but well-made with thin uniform walls, flared flattened slightly downturned rim embellished with a groove on top and bottom, ring base; ex Archaeological Center (Robert Deutsch, Tel Aviv, Israel, 16 Apr 2015), with photocopy of Israel Antiquities Authority export approval certificate; $600.00 (€564.00)
 


Phoenician, Bronze Trapezoid Cube Weight (Ayin - 21.595g), c. 7th - 4th Century B.C.

|Weights| |&| |Scales|, |Phoenician,| |Bronze| |Trapezoid| |Cube| |Weight| |(Ayin| |-| |21.595g),| |c.| |7th| |-| |4th| |Century| |B.C.|
This weight is the usual shape for the type, an inverted truncated pyramid - a cube with the bottom slightly smaller than the top. The type dates from perhaps as early as the the 9th century B.C. to the end of the Persian period. They were undoubtedly used to weigh silver bullion for transactions. Kletter lists nine weights with circle marks, ranging from 2.55g to 80.67g. Some, like ours, were incised with straight lines or punches. Most were found at Akko.
AS111486. Phoenician, bronze trapezoid cube weight; cf. Hendin Weights 245 (21.63), Kletter 2000 25 (21.17g), Hecht A 47 (20.03g), Choice, 21.595g (3 shekels?), 14.3x16.6x12.9mm, c. 7th - 4th Century B.C.; inverted truncated pyramid (a cube with the bottom slightly smaller than the top), incised circle (Phoenician ayin) on top created with a 8 short straight line cuts, ex Shick Coins (Max Shick, Israel, 2012); $570.00 (€535.80)
 


Western Semitic, Phoenician, Faience Scarab, c. 1200 - 858 B.C.

|Scarabs|, |Western| |Semitic,| |Phoenician,| |Faience| |Scarab,| |c.| |1200| |-| |858| |B.C.|
This scarabus back type with a merging head and a notched clypeus was used in Egypt for a very long period, from the 11th to the 26th dynasty, from 2040 to 525 B.C. Although Egyptian domination of Phoenicia declined about 1200, scarabs remained popular and were made locally until the Assyrian vassalage beginning in 858 B.C.
AS111469. Phoenician faience scarab, Choice, faience with green glaze, base with tiny chips at edge, light earthen deposits, 17.7mm long, pierced longitudinally, c. 1200 - 858 B.C.; obverse a kneeling radiate supplicant faces right pouring a libation towards a mummiform Osiris facing left, flanked by two hieroglyphs (n'b n'b – The lord of lords) bordering both ends; reverse molded scarabus back with legs on sides, merging head, and notched clypeus; ex Archaeological Center (Robert Deutsch, Tel Aviv, Israel), auction 50 (21 Apr 2011), lot 216; found in Israel; $400.00 (€376.00)
 


Judaean Kingdom, Hasmonean Dynasty (Maccabees), Miniature Archaic Style Oil Lamp, c. 167 - 37 B.C.

|Oil| |Lamps|, |Judaean| |Kingdom,| |Hasmonean| |Dynasty| |(Maccabees),| |Miniature| |Archaic| |Style| |Oil| |Lamp,| |c.| |167| |-| |37| |B.C.|
This tiny Hasmonean era lamp imitates a shape and high base of pinched-rim stepped base oil lamps used in the Kingdom of Judah during the Iron Age IIC, 720 - 586 B.C. During the Hasmonean era, archaic imitative lamps were popular in Jerusalem and the surrounding area. They reconnected the Jewish people to the golden age of the Davidic dynasty centuries before. This particular specimen is particularly small, less that half the size of most of the Hasmonean imitatives and would fit inside of the bowl of most similarly shaped Iron Age lamps. Click here to see an example of a Kingdom of Judah prototype.
AA78096. Hasmonean Judaea Archaic Style Folded Buff Oil Lamp; Tushingham fig. 22, 7 (larger and without high base), Choice condition, tiny chip in base; 5.2cm (2") long, 4.0cm (1 5/8") wide, 2.7cm (1 1/8") high, buff clay with chalk inclusions, strongly pinched spout forming an elongated channel and U-shaped spout, near vertical saucer walls, rounded turned-out rim, thick flat "stump" base; ex Mera Antiq (Yossi Eilon) Tel Aviv, found in Israel; $400.00 (€376.00)
 




  



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The list above includes only references specifically dedicated to holy land antiquities. References used above but not included in this list may be identified by clicking on them in the item descriptions or visiting the shop page for the antiquity type or material.

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