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Woman's head, ivory,
12th Century, B.C.
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Despite restrictions against the representation of the human form in the Hebrew Bible, archaeological evidence in Israel and other areas of the southern Levant indicates a wide use of iconographic objects, including depictions of humans, animals, and plants.
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