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English: Painted on a jar found in Kuntilat Ajrud in the Sinai Peninsula. Might point to a local polytheistic belief. Polytheism was outlawed in Jewish Sinai, though some local mystery cults still continued with the practice, though were often stoned or executed.
Date 8 th century BC
date QS:P,-750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source Kuntilat Ajrud
Author Unknown author Unknown author
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Image painted on the piece of pottery found at Kuntillet Ajrud in the Sinai Peninsula, above the inscription "Berakhti etkhem..."

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