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Agricultural Implements

Agricultural Implements


‎These implements from nineteenth-century Syria differ only in minor detail from those seen in ancient Egyptian paintings and others found in archeological digs. Following the numbering in the photo: 1. Plow; 2. Threshing sledge, underside (differs from ancient examples in that metal strips inset edgewise, rather than stones, are embedded); 3. Long two-pronged fork; 4. Winnowing fork; 5. Winnowing shovel; 6. Sowing tube; 7. Sieve; 8. Dung-catcher; 9. Goad; 10, 13. Sickles; 11. Yoke; 12, 14. Pruning hooks; 15. Short two-pronged fork.
‎1 Kgs 19:21, 1 Chr 21:23, Matt 11:29–30, John 15:2

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