{"id":2828,"date":"2024-03-19T11:06:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T08:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/?p=2828"},"modified":"2024-03-19T12:20:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T09:20:06","slug":"box-with-ivory-inlay-and-appliques-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/?p=2828&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Box with Ivory Inlay and Appliqu\u00e9s 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2828\" class=\"elementor elementor-2828\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d66c56d 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=\"7d66c56d\" 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-1dadacbc\" data-id=\"1dadacbc\" 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-4d986028 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d986028\" 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\">Box with Ivory Inlay and Appliqu\u00e9s<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15fad004 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_audio\" data-id=\"15fad004\" 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-2828-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/BOX-WITH-IVORY.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/BOX-WITH-IVORY.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/BOX-WITH-IVORY.mp3\">https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/BOX-WITH-IVORY.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-3cd57938 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cd57938\" 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 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The ivories decorating this box were discovered during archaeological excavations at Pella in the northern Jordan Valley in 1984. This ancient city is situated along major routes that connected Egypt and Palestine with the Jordanian Plateau and Syria.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The wood of the box, which was most probably ebony, had decayed but it was possible to reconstruct it judging by the positions of the ivory panels upon discovery, and by comparisons to contemporary Egyptian boxes. This comparison to Egypt is suggested by the imagery depicted on the box as well.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The main panel on the lid has two opposing aggressive lions with their paws on the heads of two intertwined cobras. Above is a long panel depicting the winged sun-disc, the symbol of the Egyptian god Horus, while the sides of the lid have inlays in the form of the Eye of Horus. Right next to the knob for closing the box is a viper snake. The Egyptian motifs continue on the body that has\u00a0<i style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\">djed<\/i>\u00a0pillars at the edges of the short sides, and paired papyrus stalks at the long sides.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The box is most probably a product of the Syro-Palestinian coast, noting that a species of small elephants was native to Syria up to the first millennium BC and only became extinct several hundred years after this box was made.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Site: Pella\/ Tabaqat 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This ancient city is situated along major routes that connected Egypt and Palestine with the Jordanian Plateau and Syria. The wood of the box, which was most probably ebony, had decayed but it was possible to reconstruct it judging by the positions of the ivory panels upon discovery, and by comparisons to contemporary Egyptian boxes. This comparison to Egypt is suggested by the imagery depicted on the box as well. The main panel on the lid has two opposing aggressive lions with their paws on the heads of two intertwined cobras. Above is a long panel depicting the winged sun-disc, the symbol of the Egyptian god Horus, while the sides of the lid have inlays in the form of the Eye of Horus. Right next to the knob for closing the box is a viper snake. The Egyptian motifs continue on the body that has\u00a0djed\u00a0pillars at the edges of the short sides, and paired papyrus stalks at the long sides. The box is most probably a product of the Syro-Palestinian coast, noting that a species of small elephants was native to Syria up to the first millennium BC and only became extinct several hundred years after this box was made. Site: Pella\/ Tabaqat Fahl in the Jordan Valley. \u00a0 Period: Middle Bronze Age, around 1650-1550 BC. 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