Large Pictures V

From the Israel Museum in Jerusalem . All pictures were taken in Nov. 2017 by H. Föll

The first set of large scale pictures shows objects from the Nahal Mishmar Hoard.
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First the possibly most enigmatic objects: Hippopotamus ivory with an array of
holes that were drilled quite nicely. What that is good for, nobody seems to know.

Next we have the famous "crown". Except that it is rather a model of some enclosure, experts think.
Acepters, standards or mace heads follow - make your choice. They were the most numerous objects, it appears.

Here is a standard or whatever made from As / Sb bronze, note the silvery sheen.

The following picture shows weird stuff, more or less:

The next set of pictures shows other objects of interest from the Israel museumin large size.
First the "usual" bronze objects:

Considering that Palestine was under Egyptian rule for quite some time in antiquity, it should come as no surprise
that typical Egyptian Kopeshes were found (called "scimitars" by the museum),

Here we have tantalizing iron objects. They belong to the oldest big objects from the
9th century BC and before that I have seen so far.

In what follows you find a few large-scale pictures of objects in the "Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte" (Halle, Germany).
First the famous Nebra sky disc and the Nebra swords.


The famous Nebra sky disc
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Source: Photographed in the Museum in April. 2018


The Nebra bronze swords
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Source: Photographed in the Museum in April. 2018

The Landesmuseum is one of the few museums left that kept some of their old-fashioned (and often slightly corny)
pictures that are supposed to show you what things might have looked like. They are marvellous and really
tickle the imagination (in several directions). Here is one of an early (6000 BC ) female shaman:


Woman from Bad Dürrenberg. (7000 - 6.600 BC); artists conception
Source: Photographed in the Museum in April. 2018
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Stone tools. A lot of them
Source: Photographed in the Museum in April. 2018
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How copper technology spread
Source: Photographed in the Museum in April. 2018
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Bronze objects from around 2.000 - 1.600 BC
Source: Photographed in the Museum in April. 2018
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Bronze swords and shields from around the 8th - 9th century BC
Source: Photographed in the Museum in April. 2018
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Now a few large pictures from museums in Paris


One of the vitrines showing Luristan objects
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Source: Photographed in the Museum in Nov. 2021


The Achaemenind winged Ibex
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Source: Photographed in the Museum in Nov. 2021


The "Louvre" Scarface Appears in several modules of this hyperscript; e.g. here
Source: Photographed in the Museum in April. 2018


A double-pyramis iron bar from Khorsabad Possibly the only one still on display. Read here more about it.
Source: Photographed in the Museum in April. 2018


Mistress of Animals from Ugarit; 1300 - 1400 BC Shown in the Louvre, Paris. I have a lot to say about these "master of Animals" renditions; e.g., her../../kap_b/advanced/ab_1_2d.htmle
Source: Photographed in the Museum in Nov. 2021
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