Description
Book SynopsisThis volume is a report of the excavations (containing a full corpus of Hellenistic finds) of one of the rich subterranean complexes at Tel Maresha, located in the foothills of Israel's Judaean Mountains. Tel Maresha was established around 700 BCE, but was mainly a Hellenistic-period towna major Idumean political and administrative centre.
Table of ContentsForeword
David Ilan
Preface
Ian Stern
Introduction and Architecture
Ian Stern
The Local Ceramic Assemblage
Ian Stern
Imported Pottery and Selected Locally Made Vessels
Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom
Incense Altars
Ian Stern
Chalk Phalli
Ian Stern
Six Stamps from Maresha SC169: Ritual Artifacts All?
Ian Stern
Amulets
Shirly Ben-Dor Evian
Seals and Sealings
L Ayla Çakmak
"Game Boards"
Ian Stern
Oil Lamps
Einat Ambar-Armon
Faunal Remains
Lee Perry Gal
The Aramaic Divination Texts
Esther Eshel and Michael Langlois
Terracotta Figurines, Plastic Vases and Related Objects
Adi Erlich
The Glass Finds
Ruth E Jackson-Tal
The Faience Finds
Ruth E Jackson-Tal
The Greek Inscribed Pottery
Avner Ecker
The Amphora Stamps
Gerald Finkielsztejn
The Coins
Donald T Ariel
Jewelry and Accessories
Ariel Polokoff
The Ground Stone Objects
David Ilan
Loomweights and Whorls
Ian Stern and Orit Shamir
Summary
Ian Stern
