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Book SynopsisThe City of David, more specifically the southeastern hill of first- and second-millennium BCE Jerusalem, has long captivated the imagination of the world. Archaeologists and historians, biblical scholars and clergy, Christians, Muslims, and Jews, and tourists and armchair travelers from every corner of the globe, to say nothing of politicians of all stripes, look to this small stretch of land in awe, amazement, and anticipation.
In the City of David, in the ridge leading down from the Temple Mount, hardly a stone has remained unturned. Archaeologists have worked at a dizzying pace digging and analyzing. But while preliminary articles abound, there is a grievous lack of final publications of the excavations—a regrettable limitation on the ability to fully integrate vital and critical results into the archaeological reconstruction of ancient Jerusalem.
Excavations of the City of David are conducted under the auspices of the Israel Antiquities Authority. The Authority has now partnered with the Center for the Study of Ancient Jerusalem and its publication arm, the Ancient Jerusalem Publication Series, for the publication of reports that are written and designed for the scholar as well as for the general reader. Excavations in the City of David (APJ 1), is the first volume in this series.
Trade Review“The authors deserve gratitude for their exemplary publication of discoveries significant for the history of Jerusalem, raising expectations for their promised second volume.”
—Alan Millard Society for Old Testament Study Booklist (JSOT)
“To put things simply, there is no way to decipher the history of Ancient Israel without the archaeology of Jerusalem, with no access to the Temple Mount, there is no way to understand the archaeology and history of Jerusalem without the City of David ridge, and there is no way to study the City of David without the results of the Reich/Shukron excavations. This volume is therefore a landmark in the archaeology of Jerusalem and the Land of Israel.”
—Israel Finkelstein,Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University
“The excavations conducted by Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron in the City of David augured a new era of large-scale archaeological research. They began their work in 1995 as a modest tourism development project in connection with Jerusalem’s 3000th anniversary celebrations. Today, more than 25 years later, the project is still underway. It was only natural for the academic committee of The Ancient Jerusalem Publication Series to begin publication with the astounding results of their excavations and research studies.”
—Yuval Baruch,Jerusalem Regional Archaeologist
Table of ContentsPreface: The Ancient Jerusalem Publication Series
Yuval Baruch
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1. A Moment in Which to Be Born
Ronny Reich
Chapter 2. Excavations in the City of David
Ronny Reich
Chapter 3. Excavation, Analysis and Publication Methodology
Ronny Reich, Efrat Bocher, Anat Mendel-Geberovich and Eli Shukron
Part II: Area A
Chapter 4. Area A, Stratigraphy and Architecture
Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron
Chapter 5. Area A, Pottery from the Iron Age and Persian and Hellenistic Periods
Efrat Bocher
Chapter 6. Area A, The Early Roman Pottery
Tehillah Lieberman
Chapter 7. Area A, The Coins
Donald T. Ariel
Area A, Index of Loci and Walls
Part III: Area J
Chapter 8. Area J, Stratigraphy and Architecture
Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron
Chapter 9. Area J, The Bronze Age Pottery
Helena Roth
Chapter 10. Area J, The Iron Age Pottery
Efrat Bocher
Chapter 11. Area J, The Early Roman Pottery
Tehillah Lieberman
Chapter 12. Area J, The Coins
Donald T. Ariel
Area J, Index of Loci and Walls
Part IV: Area F
Chapter 13. Area F, Stratigraphy and Architecture
Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron
Chapter 14. Area F, The Middle Bronze Age Pottery
Helena Roth
Chapter 15. Area F, The Iron Age Pottery
Efrat Bocher
Chapter 16. Area F, The Roman Pottery
Tehillah Lieberman
Area F, Index of Loci and Walls
Part V: Area H
Chapter 17. Area H, Stratigraphy and Architecture
Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron
Chapter 18. Area H, The Early and Middle Bronze Age Pottery
Helena Roth
Chapter 19. Area H, The Iron Age Pottery
Efrat Bocher
Chapter 20. Area H, The Roman Pottery
Tehillah Lieberman
Chapter 21. Area H, The Medieval Pottery
Benjamin J. Dolinka
Chapter 22. Area H, The Coins
Donald T. Ariel
Area H: Index of Loci and Walls
Part VI: Area D
Chapter 23. Area D, Stratigraphy and Architecture
Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron
Chapter 24. Area D, The Late Roman and Byzantine Pottery
Tehillah Lieberman
Chapter 25. Area D, The Coins
Donald T. Ariel
Area D: Index of Loci and Walls
Part VII: Area L
Chapter 26. Area L, Stratigraphy and Architecture
Ronny Reich, Guy Bar-Oz and Eli Shukron
Chapter 27. Area L, The Roman Pottery
Tehillah Lieberman
Chapter 28. Area L, The Faunal Remains
Ram Bouchnick, Guy Bar-Oz and Ronny Reich
Part VIII: The Finds
Chapter 29. Two Late Middle Bronze Age Scarab Impressions
Baruch Brandl and Anat Cohen-Weinberger
Chapter 30. Figurines and Zoomorphic Vessels
Sara Levavi-Eilat
Chapter 31. Iron Age Stamped and Incised Jar Handles
Anat Mendel-Geberovich and Efrat Bocher
Chapter 32. Lion Stamp Impressions
Anat Mendel-Geberovich and Efrat Bocher
Chapter 33. Yehud Stamped Impressions
Anat Mendel-Geberovich and Efrat Bocher
Chapter 34. YRŠLM Stamp Impression
Efrat Bocher and Anat Mendel-Geberovich
Chapter 35. Stamped Amphora Handles
Donald T. Ariel
Chapter 36. Marked Handles and Potsherds
Anat Mendel-Geberovich
Chapter 37. A Stamped Handle with an Arabic Inscription
Nitzan Amitai-Preiss
Chapter 38. Roof Tiles
Ronny Reich
Chapter 39. A Greek Inscription
Ronny Reich
Chapter 40. Stone Scale Weights
Ronny Reich
Chapter 41. Late Second Temple Period Stone Vessels
Ronny Reich
Chapter 42. The Ground Stone Assemblage
Yoav Weingarten
Chapter 43. Sundial
Ronny Reich
Chapter 44. Metal Scale Weights and Weight-like Objects
Gérald Finkielsztejn
Chapter 45. Metal Finds
Baruch Yuzefovsky
Chapter 46. The Glass Finds
Tamar Winter
Chapter 47. Varia
Ronny Reich
Part IX: Synthesis and Summary
Chapter 48. Synthesis and Summary
Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron
