As the three-year anniversary of Katy’s very own biblical era museum approaches, the Joshua, Judges, and Jesus Museum on the campus of The Bible Seminary (TBS) at 2655 S. Mason Road in Katy will be highlighting its newest exhibit. The World of Abraham, which debuted February 1, encompasses artifacts of the Mesopotamian region and a span of several millennia.

This exhibit will highlight cuneiform tablets on loan from Claudia Woodard and the Horn Museum located on the campus of Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. They were found in Ur, Abraham’s hometown, a metropolis of Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). These clay tablets date to the early second millennium BC, an era known as Ur III or the Third Dynasty which dates from ca. 2070–1969 BC. The tablets are written in the Akkadian language in a cuneiform script. Cuneiform was a common means of record keeping and diplomatic correspondence in Mesopotamia and the southern Levant for much of the Bronze Age.

A variety of other artifacts found in the region and spanning 2500 years complete this newest edition to the museum. Lamps utilized during Abraham’s time are on loan from the collection of Brent Hoefling, a juglet dating to approximately 2000 BC which was used for the daily storage and use of liquids is on loan from the Horn Museum, and Mesopotamian incantation bowls dating to the 4th–5th century AD (two of roughly 4,000 that have been unearthed) are on loan from the University of Pikeville collection.

TBS opens the museum to visitors Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., while evening and weekend visits are by appointment only. Schedule a tour at thebibleseminary.edu/3j.

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