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Collection of Israel Antiquities Autority/Photo © Israel Museum, Jerusalem

PEERING OUT OF THE PALACE. A parallel for the window balustrade, a railing supported by molded shafts, in the “Woman at the Window” comes from the Judahite palace at Ramat Rahel, about 3 miles south of Jerusalem. There fragments of a seventh-century B.C.E. limestone balustrade decorated with volutes and petals have been uncovered.