Abstract
In this article we report the results of the second season of excavations at Kiriath-jearim (Deir el-ʿAzar). The following topics are emphasized: layout and date of the supposed monumental Iron IIB summit compound; nature of the Iron IIC settlement; date of the Hellenistic fortification; characteristics of the Early Roman period activity. An archaeo-historical analysis follows the presentation of the new data, including updates on past interpretations.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 47-72 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Tel Aviv |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 The Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University.
Funding
The Shmunis Family Excavations at Kiriath-jearim is a joint project of Tel Aviv University and the Collège de France, funded by Sana and Vlad Shmunis (USA). Israel Finkelstein of Tel Aviv University and Thomas Römer and Christophe Nicolle of the Collège de France direct the project. Staff of the second season consisted of Margaret Cohen (coordinator of the expedition), Sabine Kleiman and Joelle Cohen-Finkelstein (registration and administration), Assaf Kleiman, Zachary C. Dunseth, Naama Walzer and Juliette Mas (supervisors of Areas A, B and C respectively), and Yana Kirilov, Hadar Azrad and Eythan Levy (field archaeologists). About 50 students from Israel, France, Switzerland and other countries participated in the dig. Members of the expedition were lodged in the hostel of the local Ark of the Covenant convent; we are grateful to the nuns and staff of the convent for their congeniality.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Collège de France | |
| Sana and Vlad Shmunis | |
| Tel Aviv University |
Keywords
- Ark Narrative
- Deir el-ʿAzar
- Jeroboam II
- Kiriath-jearim
- Northern Kingdom
- Ptolemaic period
- Roman Legion
- Seleucid period