'Couched as a lion ... who shall rouse him up' (Genesis 49: 9)
Depictions of Animals from the
Leo Mildenberg Collection

Curatores: Ofra Rimon and Rachel Shchori

The bilingual (Hebrew / English) catalogue contains the following articles:

Leo Mildenberg - The Neo-Assyrian Lion Head and the Birth of Coinage
Dani Nadel - Hunters, Graves, and Art: Animal Bones in Prehistoric Sites in Israel
Nili Shupak - Animal Drawings in Ancient Egypt: The World?s First 'Mickey Mouse'
Sonia Klinger- Animals in Greek Art
Silvia Rozenberg - The Depiction of Animals in Wall Paintings of the Second Temple Period
Rivka Gersht - Animals in Roman Sculpture
Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom - Animals on Roman Lamps
Miriam Avissar - Depictions of Animals in the Mosaic Floor from Lod
Tova Forti - Animals in the Book of Proverbs
Sophia Menache - Dogs in Classical Tradition


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