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Silver goblet from ˁAin Samiya near Ramallah. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (inv. no. K2919), Staff Officer for Archaeology, Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria. Photo: October 27, 2025 (© Eberhard Zangger, Luwian Studies #5082).

November 13, 2025

By ANE Today Editor

Art Levant Mythology

Lifting the Sky: The Cosmic Program on the ˁAin Samiya Goblet

The ˁAin Samiya goblet is small enough to sit in the palm of a hand — barely eight centimeters tall — yet its imagery reaches for the architecture of the cosmos.