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Horse motif incised on a limestone plaque

UnknownUpper Palaeolithic Period, 30,000 years ago

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel

The first artworks of early hunter-gatherers in the Land point to artistic and ceremonial traditions that lasted tens of thousands of years. This stone plaque with the image of a horse was incised some 30,000 years ago by at Hayonim Cave in the Galilee is one of the world's most ancient visual representations of a horse, a powerful symbol in the artistic and spiritual life of the late Stone Age

Details

  • Title: Horse motif incised on a limestone plaque
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: Upper Palaeolithic Period, 30,000 years ago
  • Location: Hayonim Cave
  • Type: Engraving
  • Rights: Israel Antiquities Authority, Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  • External Link: Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  • Medium: Limestone
  • Exhibition: In the Beginning
  • Dimensions: H: 9.6 cm; W: 12.5 cm; TH: 2 cm
  • Curator: Hershman, Debby

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