Description
Book SynopsisThis volume appears as the fourth in a series of reports on the investigations of the Lahav Research Project (LRP) at Tell Halif, located near Kibbutz Lahav in southern Israel. The book and CD, also titled The Figurines of Tell Halif, contain the publication of the terra-cotta and stone figurine assemblage discovered in the Phase III excavations by LRP. The book presents the text of the report, including relevant archaeological contexts, while the CD is the primary source for detailed information about the figurines. It presents color photographs of each artifact, as well as artist’s drawings and QuickTime movies, along with descriptions and a working typology of the mixed Iron II, Persian, and Hellenistic period terra-cottas. Together, book and CD offer the entire corpus of 794 figurine and statue fragments and provide an invaluable addition to the corpus of Levantine figurines.
Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface
Author’s Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Figures
Tables
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Figurines in Archaeological Context
The Layout of Field IV
Stratigraphic Distribution of the Figurines in Fields I, IV, and V
Dating the Figurines
Figurines in Sealed Loci
Summary: The Figurines in Archaeological Contexts at Halif
Chapter 3. The Figurines in Historical Context: Halif in the Late Iron II, Persian, and Hellenistic Periods
The Iron II Period at Halif, Stratum VI
The Persian Period at Halif, Stratum V
The Hellenistic Period at Halif, Stratum IV
Summary
Chapter 4. Halif in the History of the Region
Halif in the Persian Empire, Abar-nahara
Tell Halif: Yehud or Idumea, Rimmon or Ziklag?
Halif and Border Security
Halif in the Hellenistic Empire
Chapter 5. The Typology of the Figurines at Tell Halif
1. Animal
2. Bes
3. Drapery
4. Female
5. Figure on Plinth
6. Furniture
7. Horse and Rider
8. Human (Sex Unknown)
9. Kernos
10. Male
11. Miscellaneous Fragments
12. Other—Architectural
13. Protome—Plaque Type
14. Relief
15. Statue
16. Stone Sculpture
17. Zoomorphic Vessel
Chapter 6. Conclusions
Stratum VIB Iron II
Persian and Hellenistic Figurines
Comprehensive Publication
Appendix The Figurines of Tell Halif, the CD
Bibliography
