A cultic anthropomorphic vessel, in the shape of a seated woman balancing a churn on her head and holding a vessel in the crook of her left arm. Painted with red lines. Gilat (the northern Negev near Ofakim). The Chalcolithic period – The Biblical Archaeology Institutive

A cultic anthropomorphic vessel, in the shape of a seated woman balancing a churn on her head and holding a vessel in the crook of her left arm. Painted with red lines. Gilat (the northern Negev near Ofakim). The Chalcolithic period

Site item id

9873

Collection name

Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Item period

Chalcolithic

Items discovered in official excavations