Final Report of Excavations on Hill of Ophel By R.a.s. Macalister J. - Catalogue Examination of Finds in Collections of Palestine

Final Report of Excavations on the Hill of the Ophel by R.A.S. Macalister and J. Garrow Duncan 1923-1925 contains the publication of the finds from this excavation a century ago that have been curated and stored in the archives of the Palestine Exploration Fund in London.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Pottery from the Chalcolithic period to the Iron Age; 3. Small finds from the Chalcolithic to the Roman period; 4. The later periods; 5. An Iron Age II sherd with a pictorial inscription illustrating Yahweh and Asherah: A special study; 6. Incense burners: A special study

About the author

Garth Gilmour is a near eastern archaeologist who has excavated at sites in Israel, Cyprus and Turkey. His particular focus is on the Bronze and Iron Ages in the southern Levant and eastern Mediterranean. He has published a number of scholarly articles on ancient Israelite religion, eastern Mediterranean trade in the Late Bronze Age, and other subjects. Dr Gilmour is a Research Fellow in the Discipline Group Old and New Testament at the University of Stellenbosch.

Summary

Final Report of Excavations on the Hill of the Ophel by R.A.S. Macalister and J. Garrow Duncan 1923–1925 contains the publication of the finds from this excavation a century ago that have been curated and stored in the archives of the Palestine Exploration Fund in London.

Product details

• Authors: Garth Gilmour, Gilmour Garth
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.07.2024
• EAN: 9781032561776
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256177-6
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: The Palestine Exploration Fund Annual
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Jerusalem, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Middle East, Archaeology by period / region, Middle & Near Eastern archaeology