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Beno Rothenberg, Timna (London: Thames and Hudson, 1972), p. 160, fig. xxiv

MIDIANITES IN ISRAEL. Midianite ware radiated out from northwest Saudi Arabia in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages into what is now southern Israel. Midianite pottery, including this juglet, was found in an Egyptian temple at Timna in the Negev desert. By contrast, Midianite pottery did not make its way into the Sinai Peninsula.