Male and female ivory statuettes. Beer Safad (Beer Sheva). The Chalcolithic period

Site item id

9849

Collection name
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Item period
Chalcolithic
The female ivory statuette was sold in the antiquities market (Pinkus) during the excavation of Beer Safad and Abu Matar excavations (1950s). Similar ivory statuettes were found in Egpyt (pre-dynesty) and can be viewed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, un the Louvre and more