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ZEV RADOVAN / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO

PRETTY POTTERY. The pottery produced at Qurayyah is traditionally known as Midianite Pottery or Qurayyah Painted Ware (QPW). The earliest type (called Standard QPW, represented by the fragment with a horned ibex surrounded by basket-like decoration. As the pottery evolved into Classic QPW, during the Late Bronze Age, it featured a broader range of animals, including ostriches, as shown on this jug found at the site of Timna in southern Israel.