Continuing the Philistine theme from yesterday I have to write about Jeff Chadwick’s paper on “Assyrian and Judean Presence at Gath of the Philistines in the 8th Century BCE.” I dug in area F for two seasons and Jeff was (and still is) the area supervisor.
Excavations in F Upper have uncovered two distinct destruction layers; [...]
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Area F at Tell es-Safi
Posted in Israel archaeology, tagged ASOR annual meeting, Gath, Sargon, Sennacherib on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Random Day at ASOR
Posted in Israel archaeology, Jordan archaeology, tagged ASOR annual meeting, Boston on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you unable to attend the annual meetings or who wonder what they are like I thought I would post a typical day from Boston. This day was the longest for me and should help explain why I couldn’t post more during the meetings.
5:15 AM – Wake up, get ready, and eat breakfast. [...]
Qubur al-Walaydah Excavations
Posted in Israel archaeology, tagged Egyptian residency, Iron Age, Philistines on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This paper was supposed to be read by Gunnar Lehmann, but he wasn’t there. So being the Philistines II session, Aren Maeir read the paper (his second relief appearance of the morning). The paper was a preliminary report of excavations in 2008. The site is located near Tell el-Far’ah south along the Nahal Besor. It [...]
Mt. Zion Excavations
Posted in Israel archaeology, tagged ASOR annual meeting, Mt. Zion on December 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yehiel Zelinger of the Israel Antiquities Authority spoke on “The Southern Fortifications of Jerusalem during the Hasmonean and Byzantine Periods.” As most of you probably already know, this dig was carried out to reexamine the previous excavations of Bliss and Dickie in the late 1800’s. The excavations revealed remains of the Byzantine wall (dating to [...]
The Western Wall Plaza Excavations
Posted in Israel archaeology, tagged ASOR annual meeting, cardo, Jerusalem, LMLK on November 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Friday morning Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah of the IAA gave a paper on Archaeological Excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem – The Western Wall Plaza. Her presentation gave a detailed account of the salvage excavations being carried out on the western edge of the western wall plaza. They first excavated an Ottoman bakery that had been [...]
ASOR Updates
Posted in Israel archaeology, tagged Arav, ASOR, Bethsaida, Megiddo on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Having now returned from the annual meetings and being done with class until after break I thought it would be a good time to write up my notes on some of the more interesting presentations I heard. Also I will be putting up a version of my paper with pictures, beginning with the Middle Bronze [...]
Live Blog: Question Period on Qeiyafa
Posted in Israel archaeology, tagged Khirbet Qeiyafa on November 20, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Tom Levy stood up first: cautious with small number of radiocarbon dates, need more, we have 35 high precision dates from Edom dating to the 10th century.
Bill Dever: pottery the same as post philistia pre israelite level at Gezer, def early: is Finkelstein here or is he dead?
Gitin: If the site only lasts for 20 [...]
Live Blog: Kh. Qeiyafa
Posted in Israel archaeology, tagged David, Garfinkel, Khirbet Qeiyafa, Minimalist on November 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Garfinkel showed some beautiful pictures of the ostracon. Perhaps missing one or two lines. Longest proto-Canaanite inscription ever found, earliest hebrew inscription known to date. It is likely a letter (he also mentions the words already known). The pottery represented: has no late Philistine bichrome, many Ashdod ware vessels (including pixides and beer jug) 11th-10th [...]
Khirbet Qeiyafa Inscription
Posted in Israel archaeology, tagged Elah Valley, ostracon, Qeiyafa inscription on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The site of Kh. Qeiyafa was a fortress in the 10th century BCE and is located between Azekah and Socoh in the Elah Valley. A very impressive site which has now offered up a potentially monumentally important inscription. An ostracon (sherd with ink writing) was found with 50 letters in Proto-Canaanite divided over five lines. [...]
Rare Seal Found
Posted in Israel archaeology, tagged Jerusalem, seal, Temple Mount on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A 7th century BCE seal was found in excavations being carried out by the IAA next to the Temple Mount. The seal is very cool, depicting an archaer and bearing the name Hagab. The seal was found in a building dating to the same time period. This area overlooked the Temple Mount and is located [...]
