Ramat Raḥel VI: The Renewed Excavations by the Tel Aviv–Heidelberg Expedition (2005–2010). The Babylonian-Persian Pit

Oded Lipschits; Liora Freud; Manfred Oeming; Yuval Gadot

Published by Penn State University Press 2021

Ramat Raḥel VI

The Renewed Excavations by the Tel Aviv–Heidelberg Expedition (2005–2010). The Babylonian-Persian Pit

Oded Lipschits , Liora Freud , Manfred Oeming and Yuval Gadot

Volume 40 in the series Monograph Series of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781646021789

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This is part of a three-volume final report of the renewed excavations at Ramat Raḥel by the Tel Aviv–Heidelberg Expedition (2005−2010). It presents the finds from the Babylonian-Persian pit, one of the most dramatic find-spots at Ramat Raḥel. The pit yielded a rich assemblage of pottery vessels and yhwd, lion, and sixth-century “private” stamp impressions, including, for the first time, complete restored stamped jars, jars bearing two handles stamped with different yhwd impressions, and jars bearing both lion and “private” stamp impressions on their bodies. Residue analysis was conducted on many of the vessels excavated from the pit to analyze their contents, yielding surprising results. The finds contribute to our understanding of the pottery of the Babylonian and early Persian periods (6th−5th centuries BCE) and to the study of the development of the stamped-jar administration in the province of Yehud under Babylonian and Persian rule.

Also available from Eisenbrauns: Ramat Raḥel III: Final Publication of Aharoni'’s Excavations at Ramat Raḥel (1954, 1959–1962) by Oded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot, and Liora Freud; and Ramat Raḥel IV: The Renewed Excavations by the Tel Aviv–Heidelberg Expedition (2005–2010): Stratigraphy and Architecture, by Oded Lipschits, Mandred Oeming, and Yuval Gadot.

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Lipschits Oded :

Oded Lipschits is Professor of Jewish History and Director of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University.Oeming Manfred :

Liora Freud is the pottery expert and a project coordinator at the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION THE “RIDDLE OF RAMAT RAḤEL” AND THE PROBLEM OF IDENTIFYING THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE BABYLONIAN AND EARLY PERSIAN PERIODS Oded Lipschits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER 1 A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SITE AND ITS EXCAVATIONS Oded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot and Manfred Oeming Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
CHAPTER 2 THE EXCAVATION OF THE PIT Oded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot, Liora Freud and Manfred Oeming Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
CHAPTER 3 STRATIGRAPHY Efrat Bocher, Yuval Gadot and Oded Lipschits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
CHAPTER 4 THE POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE Liora Freud Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
CHAPTER 5 ATTIC IMPORTS S. Rebecca Martin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
CHAPTER 6 LION STAMP IMPRESSIONS FROM THE BABYLONIAN PERIOD Oded Lipschits and Ido Koch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
CHAPTER 7 “PRIVATE” STAMP IMPRESSIONS FROM THE BABYLONIAN PERIOD Madadh Richey, David S. Vanderhooft and Oded Lipschits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
CHAPTER 8 YHWD STAMP IMPRESSIONS Oded Lipschits and David S. Vanderhooft Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
CHAPTER 9 POTTER’S MARKS AND INCISIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
CHAPTER 10 ORGANIC CONTENT OF PERSIAN YHWD-STAMPED STORAGE JARS Dvory Namdar, Oded Lipschits, Liora Freud and Yuval Gadot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
CHAPTER 11 ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LIVE YEAST CELLS FROM A MEAD VESSEL Tzemach Aouizerat, Itai Gutman, Yuval Gadot, Daniel Gelman, Amir Szitenberg, Elyashiv Drori, Ania Pinkus, Miriam Schoemann, Rachel Kaplan, Shunit Coppenhagen-Glazer, Oded Lipschits, Michael Klutstein and Ronen Hazan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
CHAPTER 12 THE FAUNAL REMAINS Deirdre N. Fulton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
CHAPTER 13 SYNTHESIS AND SUMMARY Oded Lipschits, Liora Freud, Manfred Oeming and Yuval Gadot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 160
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 88
- Images: 88
- Other: 88 illustrations
Keywords: Archaeology of the Levant; Persian period; Babylonian period; Babylonian and Persian pottery; Ramat Rahel; Stamp impressions

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Published: March 26, 2021
ISBN: 9781646021789