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CANAANITE. Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1750 BCE. White glazed terracotta spouted vessel....
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Iconic "Glueck Pot"
CANAANITE. Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1750 BCE. White glazed terracotta spouted vessel. Of roughly spherical form with flattened bottom, about 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter, with central filling hole, small handle and spout. The applied white glaze displays some mineralized encrustation and a couple of spots where it has flaked away to show the terracotta beneath. For a similar example, see R. Amiran, Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land, page 200, 214. Overall good condition, minor damage to spout.From The Living Torah Museum Collection; ex Archaeological Center auction 31 (Tel Aviv, 7 April 2004), lot 331.
This humble ceramic vessel is world-famous as the iconic "pot" held by the famed Biblical archaeologist Nelson Glueck (1900-1971) in a 1956 photograph since reproduced in numerous magazines, journals and websites (including Glueck's Wikipedia entry). Glueck's pioneering work over five decades in Israel and Jordan resulted in the discovery of more than 1,500 ancient sites. Born in Ohio to German-Jewish parents, Glueck was ordained as a reform Rabbi in 1923 and received his Ph.D. from the University of Jena in Germany three years later. From early life he held a fascination for Biblical history and in 1928 he went to Jerusalem to study at the American School of Oriental Research, where he rapidly developed into an expert at dating Palestinian pottery. Sporting the traditional khakis of an archaeologist and an Arab kefiyeh, he spent the next several decades crisscrossing the Levant "with a spade in one hand and a Bible in the other," identifying and excavating sites of Biblical importance. During World War II, Glueck worked for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to develop contingency plans should the Nazis seize the entire Middle East, using his archaeological work as cover to locate important watering holes and hiding places that could be used by guerrilla forces. He made fast friendships with many world leaders and, in 1961, delivered the benediction at John F. Kennedy's inauguration. His archaeological pursuits landed him on the cover of Time Magazine in 1963. He was president of Hebrew Union College from 1947 until his death in 1971. The "pot photo" snapped during one of his digs in 1956 gas become symbolic of the romance and adventure of Biblical archaeology.
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