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Snake symbol / Meander pattern
UnknownPre-Pottery Neolithic A, 10,000 years ago
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
This meander pattern incised in stone is probably the oldest representations of a snake. In many cutlers this motif symbolizes the cosmic waters, a central theme in agricultural societies.
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- Title: Snake symbol / Meander pattern
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, 10,000 years ago
- Location: Netiv Ha'Gdud
- Type: Symbolic Object
- Rights: Staff Archaeological Officer in the Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria, Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- External Link: Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- Medium: Stone
- Exhibition: In The Beginning: Prehistory and the Origins of Myth, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Weisbord Exhibition Pavilion, 13/07/2005 - 08/04/2006
- Dimensions: L: 10.8 cm; W: 9 cm; Th: 3.6 cm
- Curator: Hershman, Debby
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