Auction 2 Auction No. 2
By Jerusalem Numismatics
Jun 30, 2021
Israel

We are pleased to present you with catalogue number 2 of Jerusalem Numismatics Auction House.

Text: L.Alexander Wolfe, Itamar Atzmon.

Photography: Daniel Rachamim.

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LOT 357:

Terracotta juglet with lug handle.

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Auction took place on Jun 30, 2021 at Jerusalem Numismatics

Terracotta juglet with lug handle.

light brown clay; everted rim.


cylindrical form. Cf: Amiran, R. Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land, Jerusalem 1969, p. 261, no. 17 for similar. 17 X 8 cm. Minor abrasion.


Iron Age IIC, ca. 8th – early 6th cent BCE. This period witnessed the conquest of the Northern Kingdom of Israel by Assyria under Tiglath Pileser in 723, precipitating a migration of Israelites to Judah creating


a strong state with its capital in Jerusalem albeit short-lived until the destruction of the Temple in 586 by Nebuchadnezzar.

Ex-Eugene and Monica Hollander collection, acquired from Tarshish in Jerusalem ca. 1970’s.



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