5163 Samaria ivory

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5163 Samaria ivory

5163. IVORY FROM SAMARIA DATING FROM 9-8TH. C. BC. THE OBJECT WAS FOUND IN KING AHAB’S ‘IVORY PALACE’ (I KINGS 22:39) . THE CARVING DEPICTS A HUMAN FACED SPHINX WAS PROBABLY PART OF FURNITURE DECORATION.

Photograph by Zev Radovan

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