Abstract
A copper-alloy object bearing an incised Aramaic inscription in lapidary script was found on the surface, about halfway up the hill of Tulûl Mas‘ud, in the Sharon plain. The object was recently studied by a multidisciplinary research group of specialists in archaeology, epigraphy, forensic science and analytical archaeology to better understand the artifact in its original cultural and spatial setting. The results attest that the object was probably connected with a nearby Persian-period sanctuary.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 45-64 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Atiqot |
| Volume | 110 |
| State | Published - Mar 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2023 Israel Antiquities Authority. All rights reserved.
Funding
The authors would like to thank the many people who kindly helped us with aspects concerning the project’s analytical archaeology, epigraphy, forensic science and conservation perspectives: Dr. Eran Arie, from the University of Haifa, for his unending optimism and help with relocating the object; Dr. Eli Yannai, for kindly allowing us to publish the finds from his survey of the site; and Dr. Yiftah Shalev and Dr. Avshalom Karasik. Thanks are also due to Dafna Gazit and Shai Halevi (photography), Irina Lidsky-Reznikov and Argita Gyerman Levanon (drawing).
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Dafna Gazit and Shai Halevi | |
| University of Haifa |
Keywords
- Hellenistic
- Persian
- Phoenician
- copper alloy
- cult
- epigraphy
- ethnicity
- metal workshop