{"id":2777,"date":"2024-03-19T10:40:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T07:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2024-03-27T11:41:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T08:41:12","slug":"double-faced-female-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/?p=2777&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Double-Faced Female 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2777\" class=\"elementor elementor-2777\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-155d994c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"155d994c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1477b97a\" data-id=\"1477b97a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37bf8b27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37bf8b27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-511f1e4 );font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;font-size: 43px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 600\">Double-Faced Female<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d524bc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_audio\" data-id=\"d524bc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_audio.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2777-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DOUBLE-FACED-FEMALE-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DOUBLE-FACED-FEMALE-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DOUBLE-FACED-FEMALE-1.mp3\">https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DOUBLE-FACED-FEMALE-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f8990f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51f8990f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Carved in soft limestone, the head probably represents the goddess Astarte. Some of the ivory inlay remains in the eyes, while black stones line the eyelids and cornea of the eye. A band of gem beads is carved on both foreheads .On reverse are engraved the Ammonite letters\u00a0<em style=\"font-size: 24px;\">b<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em style=\"font-size: 24px;\">s<\/em>, while on the eye of the face on reveres is a sign resembling the Egyptian word\u00a0<em style=\"font-size: 24px;\">nfr<\/em>, encircled by two uraei (Egyptian cobras). The three holes on the collar were probably originally intended for inlaid garment decorations or necklaces, possibly in ivory.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Four such heads were discovered together during archaeological excavations in 1968. They have mortice holes on the top and bottom and were probably set on a pivot each in the windows of an Ammonite temple at the Amman Citadel, to give a chance to devotees praying outside to see one face, while the priests in the holy interior section prohibited to common people could see the other face from inside.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The form and probably function as well of these heads bring to mind the famous Nimrud ivories from Iraq called \u201cWoman at the Window\u201d, and the style is very similar to the Syrian-Phoenician carved ivories.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Site: Amman Citadel<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Period: Iron Age II, around 600 B.C.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1186a488 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1186a488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pictures Of Pieces<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79c10620 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" 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Some of the ivory inlay remains in the eyes, while black stones line the eyelids and cornea of the eye. A band of gem beads is carved on both foreheads .On reverse are engraved the Ammonite letters\u00a0b\u00a0and\u00a0s, while on the eye of the face on reveres is a sign resembling the Egyptian word\u00a0nfr, encircled by two uraei (Egyptian cobras). The three holes on the collar were probably originally intended for inlaid garment decorations or necklaces, possibly in ivory. Four such heads were discovered together during archaeological excavations in 1968. They have mortice holes on the top and bottom and were probably set on a pivot each in the windows of an Ammonite temple at the Amman Citadel, to give a chance to devotees praying outside to see one face, while the priests in the holy interior section prohibited to common people could see the other face from inside. The form and probably function as well of these heads bring to mind the famous Nimrud ivories from Iraq called \u201cWoman at the Window\u201d, and the style is very similar to the Syrian-Phoenician carved ivories. \u00a0 Site: Amman Citadel Period: Iron Age II, around 600 B.C. 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