Das Jordan Museum
Nationalmuseum für Geschichte und Kultur Jordaniens. Über 2000 Artefakte, u.a. Ain Ghazal Statuen, früheste großformatige Menschenfiguren; Nabatäer, Schriftrollen vom Toten Meer.
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Mittleres Bronzezeitalter II (um 1650-1550 v.Chr.)
Holz (moderne Nachbildung) mit Elfenbeinintarsien
H 13,5 cm, W 10,5 cm, T 15,5 cm
Tabaqat Fahl/Pella, nördliches Jordantal
The ivories decorating this box were excavated in 1984. The wood of the box had decayed but it was possible to reconstruct it from the positions of the ivories upon discovery, and by comparisons to contemporary Egyptian boxes.
The main panel on the lid has two lions with their paws on the heads of two intertwined disc the cobras. Above is the winged sun symbol of the Egyptian god Horus, while the sides have inlays in the form of the Eye of Horus. Next to the knob for closing the box is a viper snake. The free use of the Egyptian symbols, however, indicates that the carver was not Egyptian. The box is probably a product of Syro-Palestinian coast, noting that a species of small elephants was native to Syria up to the first millennium BC.
(Aus einem Text im Jordan Museum)
© Foto: Haupt & Binder
Nationalmuseum für Geschichte und Kultur Jordaniens. Über 2000 Artefakte, u.a. Ain Ghazal Statuen, früheste großformatige Menschenfiguren; Nabatäer, Schriftrollen vom Toten Meer.