Excavations in the City of David, Jerusalem (1995-2010)

Ronny Reich; Eli Shukron

Published by Penn State University Press 2021

Excavations in the City of David, Jerusalem (1995-2010)

Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron

Volume 1 in the series Ancient Jerusalem Publications

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781646021765

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About this book

The 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.

Author information

Reich Ronny :

Ronny Reich is Professor Emeritus of classical archaeology at the University of Haifa, former Codirector of the City of David Excavations (1995–2012), and Chair of the Israel Archaeological Council.

Reviews

“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

“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, Chair, Academic Committee

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
PREFACE THE ANCIENT JERUSALEM PUBLICATIONS SERIES Yuval Baruch Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
PART I: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 A MOMENT IN WHICH TO BE BORN Ronny Reich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CHAPTER 2 EXCAVATIONS IN THE CITY OF DAVID Ronny Reich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
CHAPTER 3 EXCAVATION, ANALYSIS AND PUBLICATION METHODOLOGY Ronny Reich, Efrat Bocher, Anat Mendel-Geberovich and Eli Shukron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
PART II: AREA A
CHAPTER 4 AREA A STRATIGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
CHAPTER 5 AREA A POTTERY FROM THE IRON AGE AND PERSIAN AND HELLENISTIC PERIODS Efrat Bocher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
CHAPTER 6 AREA A THE EARLY ROMAN POTTERY Tehillah Lieberman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
CHAPTER 7 AREA A THE COINS Donald T. Ariel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
PART III: AREA J
CHAPTER 8 AREA J STRATIGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
CHAPTER 9 AREA J THE BRONZE AGE POTTERY Helena Roth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
CHAPTER 10 AREA J THE IRON AGE POTTERY Efrat Bocher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
CHAPTER 11 AREA J THE EARLY ROMAN POTTERY Tehillah Lieberman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
CHAPTER 12 AREA J THE COINS Donald T Ariel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
PART IV: AREA F
CHAPTER 13 AREA F STRATIGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
CHAPTER 14 AREA F THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE POTTERY Helena Roth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
CHAPTER 15 AREA F THE IRON AGE POTTERY Efrat Bocher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	366
CHAPTER 16 AREA F THE ROMAN POTTERY Tehillah Lieberman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
PART V: AREA H
CHAPTER 17 AREA H STRATIGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
CHAPTER 18 AREA H THE EARLY AND MIDDLE BRONZE AGE POTTERY Helena Roth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
CHAPTER 19 AREA H THE IRON AGE POTTERY Efrat Bocher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
CHAPTER 20 AREA H THE ROMAN POTTERY Tehillah Lieberman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	410
CHAPTER 21 AREA H THE MEDIEVAL POTTERY Benjamin J. Dolinka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	424
CHAPTER 22 AREA H THE COINS Donald T Ariel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	438
PART VI: AREA D
CHAPTER 23 AREA D, STRATIGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	445
CHAPTER 24 AREA D THE LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE POTTERY Tehillah Lieberman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	453
CHAPTER 25 AREA D THE COINS Donald T Ariel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	457
PART VII: AREA L
CHAPTER 26 AREA L STRATIGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE Ronny Reich, Guy Bar-Oz and Eli Shukron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	463
CHAPTER 27 AREA L THE ROMAN POTTERY Tehillah Lieberman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	474
CHAPTER 28 AREA L THE FAUNAL REMAINS Ram Bouchnick, Guy Bar-Oz and Ronny Reich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	482
PART VIII: THE FINDS
CHAPTER 29 TWO LATE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE SCARAB IMPRESSIONS Baruch Brandl and Anat Cohen-Weinberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	493
CHAPTER 30 FIGURINES AND ZOOMORPHIC VESSELS Sara Levavi-Eilat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	500
CHAPTER 31 IRON AGE STAMPED AND INCISED JAR HANDLES Anat Mendel-Geberovich and Efrat Bocher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	511
CHAPTER 32 LION STAMP IMPRESSIONS Anat Mendel-Geberovich and Efrat Bocher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	519
CHAPTER 33 YEHUD STAMPED IMPRESSIONS Anat Mendel-Geberovich and Efrat Bocher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	523
CHAPTER 34 YRŠLM STAMP IMPRESSION Efrat Bocher and Anat Mendel-Geberovich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	527
CHAPTER 35 STAMPED AMPHORA HANDLES Donald T. Ariel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	529
CHAPTER 36 MARKED HANDLES AND POTSHERDS Anat Mendel-Geberovich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	563
CHAPTER 37 A STAMPED HANDLE WITH AN ARABIC INSCRIPTION Nitzan Amitai-Preiss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	574
CHAPTER 38 ROOF TILES Ronny Reich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	576
CHAPTER 39 A GREEK INSCRIPTION Ronny Reich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	578
CHAPTER 40 STONE SCALE WEIGHTS Ronny Reich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	580
CHAPTER 41 LATE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD STONE VESSELS Ronny Reich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	584
CHAPTER 42 THE GROUND STONE ASSEMBLAGE Yoav Weingarten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	602
CHAPTER 43 SUNDIAL Ronny Reich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	626
CHAPTER 44 METAL SCALE WEIGHTS AND WEIGHT-LIKE OBJECTS Gérald Finkielsztejn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	629
CHAPTER 45 METAL FINDS Baruch Yuzefovsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	636
CHAPTER 46 THE GLASS FINDS Tamar Winter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	647
CHAPTER 47 VARIA Ronny Reich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	656
PART IX: SYNTHESIS AND SUMMARY
CHAPTER 48 SYNTHESIS AND SUMMARY Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	663

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 712
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 308
- Other: 307 color illustrations/1 map

eBook

Published: October 1, 2021
ISBN: 9781646021765