SLIDES FOR RL 200 CLASS LECTURE: ISRAELITE WORSHIP AND PRAYER

VIb (artifacts 4)

B25 2 female figurine heads with inlaid eyes

B27 Stylized alabaster head

B28 2 statues, highly defaced

B31 ceramic votive shrine

B38 3 clay figurines: mounted warriors, show some vestiges of paint

B69 3 figurines: Roman/Greek God (left) and Goddesses

B70 ceramic female bust -- votive statue, upraised hands

II Coins 1

2 Gold daric and silver siglos struck in Persia in V BCE, depicting the king with bow, spear, and arrows

3 detail of #2 showing gold daric

4 detail of #2 showing silver siglos

5 gold stater struck in Egypt in V BCE with hieroglyphic inscription: "good gold"

BAS Jerusalem set 32-36

IIIa (artifacts 1)

55 Tablet of Astarte and daughter in a temple, Egyptian style (Iron age I, ca. 1100 BCE)

56 "

57 Figurines of Astarte ("pillar" style) painted in white-wash (L) and bird-headed (R) (Iron age II, ca. 800 BCE)

58 Detail of 57 (L)

59 Detail of 57 (R)

60 Figurine of Astarte (Iron age II, ca. 800 BCE)

IIIb (artifacts 2)

76 rattles -- probably cult objects for temple use (Iron age II, ca. 800 BCE)

77 Group of vessels:

a. combined cup & saucer and bowl (L), Israelite-Samarian style (Iron age II, ca. 900 BCE)

b. Bowl (lower R), Israelite-Judaean style (Iron age II, ca. 700 BCE)

78 Painted vessels, Israelite-Samaritan style: jug with handles (L) and chalice (R) (Iron age II, ca. 900 BCE)

79 Detail of 78 (L)

80 Detail of 78 (R)

81 Painted jugs (Iron age II, ca. 800 BCE)

82 Votive chair and bowl (Iron age II, ca. 800 BCE)

83 Oil lamps (typical) (Iron age II, ca. 800 BCE)

84 Oil lamps (unusual) (Iron age II, ca. 800 BCE)

85 Figurine of bull (Iron age II, ca. 800 BCE)

95 stone incense spoon (Iron age II, ca. 800 BCE)

96 "

106 Alabaster bowl (Persian period, ca. 500 BCE)

107 Group of alabaster vessels (Persian period, ca. 500 BCE)

108 Detail of 107 (L)

109 Small limestone incense altar (Persian period, ca. 600 BCE)