Along with Galilee and Samaria, Judea (aka Judah) was one of the three divisions of ancient Palestine and was deeply entrenched in biblical history. The Judean Period (934-586BCE) roughly corresponds to the dates of the first Jewish Temple and, as most Jews were members of the Judah tribe, they were called “Judeans,” and their homeland became known as Judea meaning “land of the Jews.” These dates also correspond to what is referred to as the ancient Levant. In the 10th century BCE David became king of Judah and captured Jerusalem and made it the capital of the kingdom of the tribes of Israel. After David’s son King Solomon died, the 10 northern tribes separated from Judah. Jerusalem remained the capital until 587 BCE when the Babylonians conquered and destroyed it. Judea was believed by some to comprise just a small area surrounding the city of Jerusalem but in some Old Testament references, Judea included all territory formerly occupied by the Jewish nation.
All VA’s Holy Land earthenware terracotta pottery is likely from Judea. As this was before the invention of the kiln, Judean pottery was hand made using coil construction to mold wet clay into shapes and it was finished by removing the clay’s excess moisture using the paddle and anvil method and, after a further period of drying, it was fired using the pit-firing technique.
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This elegant ancient-pottery Judean vessel is an elegant single-handle amphoriskos (literally a “small amphora,”). It dates from the Holy Land during the first Jewish Biblical-Period in Judea circa the 8th to 6th century BCE, the later time of the presence of the first Jewish Temple in the ancient Levant. An ancient Greek inspired vessel, amphora…
This black burnished earthenware terracotta juglet dates from the time the Jewish people returned from their exile in Babylonia to in the region called the Holy Land and the Levant during the Biblical Period. At this time in the Iron Age, coil construction was used to make utilitarian pottery often finished using the paddle-and-anvil method…
This ancient pottery juglet was created in the Holy Land during the Biblical Period likely under Herod the Great, King of Judea or later in the Herodian Period (37BCE- 73CE). A Roman-Empire earthenware juglet, it that held perfume, costly oils, ointments or cosmetics. Like other functional pouring vessels, its ancient globular body is decorated with…
This black burnished earthenware juglet was made about the time the Jewish people returned from exile in Babylonia to Judea in the Holy Land (the Levant) during the Biblical Period (circa 600-300BCE). Then during the Iron Age, coil construction was used to make functional pieces and were finished using the paddle-and-anvil method to compact and…
This ancient-pottery juglet was created in the Holy Land and Levant during the Biblical Period likely under Herod the Great, king of ancient Judea or later in the Herodian Period (37BCE- 73CE). It is a terracotta earthenware juglet pouring vessel and utilitarian piece that held perfume or other costly oils, ointments or cosmetics. The globular…
The Biblical Period corresponds to the Middle to Late Bronze Age in the Holy Land (the Levant circa 2300-1200 BCE) when ancient pottery was made by molding wet clay into shapes (the coil construction method) and then finishing its shape by removing the clay’s excess moisture using the paddle-and-anvil technique) before firing. Made in Judea…
This Biblical Period ancient earthenware wine jug was made in the late Iron Age in the Holy Land of Judea (the Levant) about the time of the first Jewish Temple. A very high carinated piece, it was built using the coil construction method and the paddle and anvil technique. Like most pouring vessels, it was…
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