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C1 & C2 / 1 | Model : Dead Sea Scrolls Containers |
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O22 / 3 | Roman bottle |
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O24 / 4 | A piece of tent material |
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C63 / 5 |
Unfired cuneiform. |
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O30 / 6 |
Model : Threshing Sledge Job 41:30 His undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. Isaiah 41:15 "See, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff. |
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O31 / 7 |
Model : Sieve Isaiah 30:28 His breath is like a rushing torrent, rising up to the neck. He shakes the nations in the sieve of destruction; he places in the jaws of the peoples a bit that leads them astray. Amos 9:9 "For I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is shaken in a sieve, and not a pebble will reach the ground. |
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O32 / 8 |
Rock |
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O29 / 9 |
Model : Plough Luke 9:62 Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God." |
| Shofar | O37 / 10 | A shofar or ram's horn. This was used for the Jewish religious ceremonies in the Temple. It was also used for military purposes, as in Joshua 6:4, 6, 8, 13. |
| A bust of Astarte | O38 / 11 | This is a Canaanite goddess which was worshipped by the Israelites when they fell into idolatry. It came from the Philistines, Phoenicians, Zidonians. For the biblical references refer to Judges 2:13; 1 Sam 7:3; 1 Ki 11:5; and other passages. |
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O39 / 12 | Underwater cement from Herod's harbour |
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