Window into the Bible
Tables, Chairs and Stools
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Chair of Queen Hetepheres (Reproduction)
Date: Original - c. 2600 BC. Place: Original – Tomb of Queen Hetepheres, Giza, Egypt
Photographed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts USA.
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During excavations the gold casings that covered this furniture was discovered. The wood had all but decayed, so reproductions were made based on the casings that remained.
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Round Legged Stool made from Ebony and Ivory
Date: c.1400 – 1350 BC Place: Egypt
Photographed at the British Museum, London, England.
The seat would have been made of leather.
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Once when they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s house. (1 Samuel 1:9)
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Stool
Date: 1300 BC. 18th Dynasty Place: Egypt
Photographed at the Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
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Made from wood and straw. Stools used in life like this one were often buried with the dead in tombs.
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Storage Chest
Date: 1293 BC Place: Sedment el-Gebel
Photographed at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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This box was secured by wrapping a cord between the knob on the lid and a knob on the side of the box.
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Wooden Stool
Date: 1070 – 330 BC (21 – 30 Dynasty) Place: Egypt
Photographed at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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The legs of this stool are in the shape of lion’s paws. The stool originally had a woven rush seat.
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Wooden Stool
Date: Unknown Place: Egypt
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Photographed at the British Museum, London, England.
Assortment of Egyptian Furniture
Date: Unknown
Place: Egypt
Photographed at the Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
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Carved and Inlaid Wooden Stool or Table
Date: 8th century BC Place: Gordion [Turkey]
Photographed at the Museum of Anatolyan Civilisation, Ankara, Turkey.
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Made from boxwood and yew.
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Stele Showing the Deceased and Servant Before a Sacrificial Meal on a Table
Date: 8th Century BC Place: Underground chamber grave, Sam’al, Zincirli, Turkey.
Photographed at the Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany.
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You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. (Psalm 23:5)
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Carrying Furniture for a Banquet
Date: 721 – 705 BC. Place: Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, Assyria [Iraq]
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Photographed at the Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
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Bronze Chair
Date: 625 – 600 BC Place: possibly Chiusi [Tuscany, Italy]
Photographed at the British Museum, London, England.
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Chair made from bronze sheets
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Bronze Stool
Date: 1st century AD Place: possibly Torre Annunziata [near Naples, Italy]
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Photographed at the British Museum, London, England.
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Marble and Bronze Table (restored)
Date: 1st century AD Place: possibly Boscoreale, [Italy] |
Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA.