Ramat Rael VI: The Renewed Excavations by the Tel AvivHeidelberg Expedition (20052010). The Babylonian-Persian Pit: 40 (Monograph Series of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology) - Hardcover

Lipschits, Oded, Liora Freud, Manfred Oeming, And Yuval Gadot

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1646021134 ISBN 13: 9781646021130

Publisher: Eisenbrauns, 2021

Synopsis

This is part of a three-volume final report of the renewed excavations at Ramat Raḥel by the Tel Aviv–Heidelberg Expedition (2005-2010). It presents the finds from the Babylonian-Persian pit, one of the most dramatic find-spots at Ramat Raḥel. The pit yielded a rich assemblage of pottery vessels and yhwd, lion, and sixth-century “private” stamp impressions, including, for the first time, complete restored stamped jars, jars bearing two handles stamped with different yhwd impressions, and jars bearing both lion and “private” stamp impressions on their bodies. Residue analysis was conducted on many of the vessels excavated from the pit to analyze their contents, yielding surprising results. The finds contribute to our understanding of the pottery of the Babylonian and early Persian periods (6th-5th centuries BCE) and to the study of the development of the stamped-jar administration in the province of Yehud under Babylonian and Persian rule.

Also available from Eisenbrauns: Ramat Raḥel III: Final Publication of Aharoni'’s Excavations at Ramat Raḥel (1954, 1959–1962) by Oded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot, and Liora Freud; and Ramat Raḥel IV: The Renewed Excavations by the Tel Aviv–Heidelberg Expedition (2005–2010): Stratigraphy and Architecture, by Oded Lipschits, Mandred Oeming, and Yuval Gadot.

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About the Authors

Oded Lipschits is Professor of Jewish History and Director of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University.

Liora Freud is the pottery expert and a project coordinator at the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eisenbrauns
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1646021134
• ISBN 13: 9781646021130
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160