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PHOTO BY JUAN MANUEL TEBES, WITH PERMISSION FROM THE DEUTSCHES BERGBAU-MUSEUM

QURAYYAH POTTERY. Distinctive painted pottery, likely coming from the site of Qurayyah in northwest Arabia, is often found in Late Bronze and early Iron Age sites in the desert regions south of Judah. Some pieces, like the sherd here from the site of Barqa el-Hetiye near the ancient copper mines of Faynan in southern Jordan, also show human figures, often depicted with arms extended, long hair or a headdress, skirts, and armed with a dagger or sword.