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Credit: ישראל פרקר. Objects of yesteryear Pikiwiki Israel

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Comments: An old anvil. Location: ראשון לציון Rishon Lezion

 

Credit: Gun Powder Ma

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Comments: Stone anvil from the Roman gold mine at Três Minas, Portugal. The granite block was used for an ore-crushing stamp-battery. On display at the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum in Bochum.

 

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Comments: Blacksmith at work (tweaked to reduce contrast between the metal piece and the anvil).

 

From ISBE: an'-vil (pa‘am): The word is used only once to mean anvil. The passage (Isaiah 41:7) refers to the custom still very common of workmen encouraging each other at their work. See CRAFTS. Just how pretentious the anvil of the ancients was we do not know. Most work requiring striking or beating, from the finest wrought jewelry to the largest copper vessels, is now done on an anvil shaped like an inverted letter L which is driven into a block of wood, or into the ground, or into a crack between two of the stone slabs of the workman's floor. The only massive anvils seen in the country today are modern and of foreign make.

Verses:

  • Isaiah 41:7
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​a/anvil.html. 2024.
 
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