1427. PHILISTINE CERAMIC CULT OBJECTS; INSENCE BURNERS

1429. CERAMIC MODEL OF A SHRINE REFLECTING THE CNAANITE-PHEONICIAN TRADITION OF TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE ISRAELITE PERIOD, C. 9TH. C. B.C.

158. PHILISTINE CULT-STAND WITH FIGURES OF MUSICIANS. FOUND IN ASHDOD. ISRAELITE (IRON) PERIOD, 11-10TH. C. BC.

158. PHILISTINE CULT-STAND WITH FIGURES OF MUSICIANS. FOUND IN ASHDOD. ISRAELITE (IRON) PERIOD, 11-10TH. C. BC.

180. BETH SHEAN – INCENSE BURNER ADORNED WITH SNAKES, ISRAELITE PERIOD, CA. 10-9TH. C. BC

226. THE ” HORNED” ALTAR DATING FROM 10TH. C. BC, EXCAVATED IN BEER SHEBAH

248. TAANACH, TERA COTA OFFERING STAND DECORATED WITH LIONS AND HYBRID CREATURES DATING LATE 10TH. C. B.C.

2489. ‘FLAT HEADED’ ALTAR FOR BURNT OFFERINGS IN THE HOLY OF HOLYEST’ SANCTUARY OF THE TEMPLE OF ARAD, DATING 9TH. C. BC ‘

2678. ARAD – THE CNAANITE TEMPLE AREA WITH THE GREAT ALTAR ON THE LEFT, C. 2000 B.C.

3123. TIMNAH – SANCTUARY IN THE SMELTERS AREA, NOTE THE STELA-LIKE STONE SLABS BEHIND THE SACRIFICAL BOWL AND THE ALTAR IN THE FRONT

3124. TIMNAH – THE COPPER MINERS SANCTUARY TO HATHOR. LOCATED AT THE BASE OF ‘SOLOMON’S PILLARS’, NEAR THE COPPER MINES, THE TEMPLE WAS BUILT IN 14 – 13TH. C. B.C. NOTE THE STELA STONE-SLABS SOME OF WHICH WERE DECORATED WITH THE IMAGE OF GODDESS HATHOR

3458. MT. CARCOM, ONE OF MANY CULTIC ALTARS LOCATED AT THE PLATO OF THE MOUNTAIN

3503. HAZOR – SILVER PLATED STAND OR STANDARD BEARING A RELIEF DEPICTING A SNAKE GODDESS. IT WAS FOUND IN THE 14TH. C. B.C. TEMPLE OF HAZOR IN WHICH SEVERAL OTHER CULTIC OBJECTS WERE FOUND

3804. NABATEAN ‘HOLY PLACE’ MARKED WITH TWO STELE, CENTRAL NEGEV, C. 4TH. C. AD

3810. CERAMIC INSENCE BURNERS FROM THE PHILISTINE TEMPLE IN TEL QUASILE

“3889. As early as Sumerian times, the image of a flaming monster with seven serpent heads appears in the near east. On this plaque, a Mesopotamian god, probably Ninurta, battles with the monster. Leviathan is the later Canaanite name for this creature, which is also endowed with seven heads, continuing the tradition. As late as Revelations 12:3, there is still reference to “”a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns.””Provenance: southern Mesopotamia, Early Dynastic IIIb, circa 2450 B.C.”

485. DECORATED CNAANITE POTTERY STAND USED FOR HOLDING AN INSENCE BURNING BOWL. FOUND IN MEGIDDO, 11TH. C. BC.

487. CLAY INCENSE BURNING STANDS. CNAANITE PERIOD, C. 10TH. C. BC.

“5501-Ivory horn decorated with gold rings, hollowed to hold liquids. Found in Megiddo dating 15th. C. BC.’Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anonted him in the midst of his brethren…’ I SAM 16:13”

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