GLAZED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Islamic period, 12th Century AD

Nicely decorated with a long open nozzle, loop handle and a lozeng-form reflector

Dimensions:
Length: 15.5 cm
Width: 8.5 cm
Height: 8 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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#87228

PERFUME POTTERY JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, biblical Middle Bronze Age, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham
Double-shaped handle, flat base with some ancient paint pigments around the body!

Dimensions:

Height: 13 cm

Diameter: 8 cm
Height on stand: 16 cm

Condition: Some professional repair at the Neck/handle hard to see otherwise intact

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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DECORATED POTTERY WINE PITCHER
HOLY LAND – biblical Roman “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
Second temple period
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great

With a ribbed body, cylindrical neck and a shaped handle

Dimensions:

Height: 18.5 cm

 Diameter: 16 cm
Height on stand: 22 cm

Condition: Intact, not repaired and not restored

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because ...

BIBLICAL PAINTED POTTERY WINE AMPHORA
Holy Land, CANAANITE, Late Bronze Age,1550 - 1200 BC
Time of Moses

Nicely made with a funned-shaped neck ring base and two looped handles

Dimensions:
Height: 19 cm
Width: 15 cm

Condition: Handle/rim professionally repaired otherwise intact

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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#71697

POTTERY WINE PITCHER
Holy Land - "CANAANITE" Late Bronze Age;1550 - 1200 BC
Time of Moses

Long cylindrical neck with a rim folded outwards and a ring base!

Dimensions:
Height: 17 cm
Diameter: 12 cm
Height on stand: 19 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found Jericho "Jordan Valley" Holy Land

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#612157

BURNISHED POTTERY JAR
Holy Land - "CANAANITE" Early Bronze Age; Circa, 3200 - 2000 BC

Nicely made in a globular body, red slip with a funnel-shaped neck, flat base and two handles!

Dimensions:
Height: 21 cm
Diameter: 17 cm
Height on stand: 24 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found Jericho "Jordan Valley" Holy Land

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#612517

FRAGMENTARY HEAD OF AN ANIMAL
Holy Land - Philistine Period; Circa, 1000 BC

Probably a part of a Kernos!

Dimensions:
Length: 7 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Height on stand: 9 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

Found near Samaria northern Israel

Beautifully mounted on a acrylic plexi-glass display stand of high quality

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#62826

PHILISTINES: 

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POTTERY JAR WITH A HIGH LOOPED HANDLE
HOLY LAND, Chalcholithic Age, 4000 - 3100 BC

Dimensions: Height: 9.5 cm Width: 8 cm
Height on stand: 13 cm

Condition: Handle re-attached otherwise intact

Found in Jericho "Jordan Valley", Holy Land

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

TERRACOTTA HEAD OF AN ASTARTE
Fertility Goddess
Iron Age II, Israelite: 1000-586 BC.
Time of the kings of ancient Israel"

Terracotta figurines of Astarte (Ashtoret), were prominent in daily Israelite religious practice, and were worshiped probably by women...

ALABASTER COSMETIC VASE WITH A BRONZE APPLICATOR
CANAANITE, Middle Bronze Age: 1850 – 1550 B.C...

POTTERY WINE FLASK WITH AN ATTACHED CUP
Biblical, Iron Age, 1000 – 900 BC
First temple period
“Time of Kings of ancient Israel”

RARE- Ancient pottery wine flask with an attached shallow bowl, two small loop handles extended from neck to shoulders...

TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WARRIOR WEARING A HELMET
Roman Imperial, 1st Century AD

A charming hollow terracotta figure of a warrior wearing a helmet.

Measurements:
Height: 20 cm
Width: 8 cm

Condition: Good condition with beautiful natural patina

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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# 6978

POTTERY SAUCER OIL LAMP WITH FIVE WICK SPOUTS
Biblical, Iron Age, 1200 – 1000 BC
First temple period
“Time of King David”

RARE - A charming wheel-made pottery oil lamp, bowl with thick side, five pinches on sides. It has been suggested that five-spouted lamps were used for ritual purposes...

COPPER AXE-HEAD AND MACE HEAD
Canaanite, Late Chalcholithic - Early Bronze Age, 3500 - 2200 B.C.
Found in the Holy Land

Rare- ancient Canaanite copper Flat Axe-head and a Mace-head (Set)

Cast copper alloy flat / proto-palstave axehead from the early Bronze Age with a crescent-shaped blade. The body of the object thickens towards the middle and there are ridges along the sides, running perpendicularly to the blade...

ZOOMORPHIC DECORATED POTTERY WINE VESSEL
Byzantine Empire, 5th – 6th Century AD

A fascinating ancient Byzantine decorated pottery zoomorphic wine vessel in the form of a cockerel with a loop handle.

The liquids could be poured through the orifice in the animal's head...

POTTERY OIL LAMP WITH A CROSS-SHAPED HANDLE
Byzantine Empire, 5th – 6th Century AD

Ancient Byzantine pottery oil lamp with a looped handle in the form of a cross.

Measurements:
Length: 12.5 cm
Width: 7.5 cm

Condition: Perfect condition with beautiful natural patina

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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Alabaster cosmetic ointments pot
Canaanite, Middle Bronze Age, 2nd Millennium B.C.

Measurements:
Height: 5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Height on stand: 6.5 cm

Condition: Minor ancient chip otherwise intact and in good condition

Nicely mounted on a plexi-glass “Lucite” display stand on high quality.

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Israel

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# 623569

Relics of the Nile is pleased to present this choice ancient Holyland oil lamp. The lam remains intact with excellent color and form. The peak of the oil lamp features a figure that appears to be the head of a bird. The lamp measures 3.75" in length and 1.5" tall. 2nd - 1st Century B.C. Ex-McInnis collection.