Archaeology – Skirball Cincinnati

Oil Lamp

Archaeology

Oil Lamp Palestine from Kh. El Kirmil, Herodian Period Clay Cincinnati Skirball Museum, HUC 1041

Oil Lamp Judaean, probably 1st century CE, found at HUC Jerusalem campus, 1961 Clay, l. 8.2 x h. 3.6 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of Dr. Helen Glueck, A/776 The Skirball Museum’s permanent collection includes an important group of archeological materials from biblical and later historical periods that illuminate and contextualize early Jewish life. Among [...]

Oil Lamp

Archaeology

Oil Lamp Canaanite from Sinijil, Middle Bronze Age 1, 2400-2000 BCE Clay Cincinnati Skirball Museum, HUC 5902 The Skirball Museum’s permanent collection includes an important group of archeological materials from biblical and later historical periods that illuminate and contextualize early Jewish life. Among these are a group of oil lamps that reflect a variety of [...]

Mandaic Bowl

Archaeology

Mandaic Bowl Southern Mesopotamia, 5th—6th century CE Clay Cincinnati Skirball Museum, museum purchase with funds provided by Dr. Helen Iglauer Glueck, A/1331 This bowl carries script used by the Mandaeans, a strongly anti-Jewish gnostic, or mystical, sect of southern Mesopotamia. Along with Diaspora Jews, the pagan Mandaeans were inhabitants of Persian Babylonia. Similar bowls were found from [...]

Qumran Jar and Lid

Archaeology

Qumran Jar and Lid Palestine, 100 BCE—100 CE Pottery, jar: h. 24 x dia. 16 in.; lid: h. 8 x dia. 10 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of Jack and Audrey Skirball, a/869A-B The Dead Sea Scrolls are literary remains of the members of a Jewish sect who lived at Qumran, on the western shore [...]

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