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General
Misecellany - Bronzes & Artifacts
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Michael the Archangel Slaying Satin
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1000 - 800 B.C. - Judean Oil Jug
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1000 - 800 BC. Judean Oil Jug
Archaeological Period: 1000 - 800 B. C. Iron Age II c
Material: Clay
Dimensions: 8.89cm
This piece dates back to the time period of King David, when pottery was in common use. These clay pots and jugs used by the Israelites had to be kept clean according to Levitical law and were required to be destroyed should they come into contact with an unclean animal. Thus, pottery such as this is a very rare find.
Isaiah 64:8 “But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.”
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800 - 500 B.C. - Judean Cooking Pot
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800 - 500 BC. Judean Cooking Pot
Archaeological Period: 800 - 500 B.C. Iron Age II c
Material: Clay
Dimensions: 12.7 x 38.1cm
Dating back to the fall of Judah to the Babylonian Empire, most pottery finds from this era are “shards,” or pieces of broken pots.
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103 B.C. - 1 A.D. - "Widows Mite"
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103 BC - 1 AD. Widows Mite
Archaeological Period: 103 B.C. - 1 A.D. Bronze Age
Material: Bronze
Dimensions: 1.27cm
The mite is the smallest of all Roman coins (about the size of a dime); it circulated in Judea beginning in 103 B.C., issued by Alexander Jannaeus, continuing into the early 1st century A.D. These coins feature various designs including anchors, stars, cornucopias, lily flowers and a palm branch.
The biblical story of the widow's mite appears in the New Testament (Mark 12:41-44). It tells of a poor widow who gave two mites to the treasury of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. Jesus used this offering, all that the poor widow owned, as an example of faith and sacrifice.
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6th - 8th Century A.D. - Egyptian Papyrus Fragment
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6Th - 8th Century A.D. Egyptian Papyrus Fragment
Archaeological Period: 6Th - 8th Century A.D.
Material: Papyri
Dimensions: 8.382x8.382cm
The Coptic period began in the first century A.D. when the apostle Mark brought Christianity to Egypt during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero.
Coptic Egypt soon developed its own distinct culture as ancient Egyptian language, art and architecture became influenced by Early Christian and Greek thought.
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