Map: The Twelve Tribes of Israel
1990.13.0021
Detailed Images
Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Map: The Twelve Tribes of Israel (1990.13.0021) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | Bonne, M. |
| Geographic Location |
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| Period/Date | 1762 CE |
| Culture | French |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Width) | 52.1 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Length) | 39.8 cm |
| Dimension 3 (N/A) | N/A |
| Weight | 40 g |
| Measuring Remarks | None |
| Materials | paper--rag, pigment--ink, paint |
| Manufacturing Processes | Printed |
| Munsell Color Information | white (5y 8/1) -ns black ( 5y 2.5/1) -ns yellow ( 5y 8/6) -ns grayish orange pink ( 10r 8/2) -ns pale yellow ( 5y 8/3) -ns pale blue green ( 5bg 8/2) -ns pale yellowish green ( 10gy 8/2) -ns |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | Map composed of two joined sheets detailing the lands of the 12 tribes of Israel, bounded with longitude and latitude lines. Remarks at right - all text in French - and title engraving in top left corner, depicting (it seems) a Levite with a 7-branch brazier, an infant with a harp, a tent (bearing the title text) and two plam trees. |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | N/A |
| Bibliography | N/A |
Artifact History
| Archaeological Data | N/A |
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| Credit Line/Dedication | The Seymour and Muriel Yale Collection of Coins of the Ottoman Empire and Other Middle East States |
| Reproduction | No |
| Reproduction Information | N/A |