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This 1.5-inch-long, 1-inch-wide sherd was discovered by Hershel Shanks’s daughter Elizabeth in the early 1970s. Originally part of a pot handle, it dates to the 13th century B.C.E. (Late Bronze Age). The sherd is incised—by cutting into the surface of the clay—with a figure wearing upturned shoes, a short skirt or tunic, and a pointed hat. The figure’s outstretched right hand holds a spear, while his left hand seems to hold another weapon, perhaps an axe, mace, or spear. When six-year-old Elizabeth discovered this sherd on the ground at Hazor, her father took it to legendary archaeologist Yigael Yadin, […]