Idols of the People: Miniature Images of Clay in the Ancient Near East

Idols of the People: Miniature Images of Clay in the Ancient Near East

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-92

  Moorey, P R S ^a  

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Author keywords

Canaan; Clay images; Domestic rituals; Imagery; Israel; Judah; Old Testament; People; Terracottas

Indexed keywords

EID: 65849331638     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.5871/bacad/9780197262801.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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