Lachish ewer

[3] The ewer was discovered in 1933[4] or 1934[2] in the Fosse Temple III at Level VII,[5][6] the earliest archaeological layer at the site corresponding to the Late Bronze Age in the region.

[2] The Lachish ewer is an example of Late Bronze Age Levantine pottery, featuring a row of depicted animals and trees and an accompanying inscription by the same hand, which Starkey suggested was likely the work of a local potter.

A piece of the ewer is missing at this point and much of the remaining depictions are obliterated, but a small section is preserved near the handle showing portions of another tree flanked by ibexes.

[1] Upon its discovery, Starkey described the decoration as "not usual" in its free treatment of a register of animals,[2] a simple style bearing vivid depictions of rearing ibexes and deer mid-leap.

[13] The ewer has been compared with a counterpart, a goblet also found in the Fosse Temple excavations at Lachish, displaying a similar motif with a pubic triangle replacing the tree between ibexes, supporting the notion that both were interchangeable in representing Asherah's aspect as a fertility goddess.