Israel Exploration Society
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Deir el-Balaḥ: Excavations in 1977–1982
in the Cemetery and Settlement
Volume 2: The Finds
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by Trude Dothan and Baruch Brandl
These volumes comprise the final report of the excavations carried out at Deir el-Balaḥ
in the Gaza Strip. The excavations in the cemetery continued those carried out in 1972–
73, which unovered three anthropoid coffins and rich burial offerings; the later excavations uncovered another anthropoid coffin and numerous simple burials. The excavations in
the settlement uncovered remains of a large Egyptian-type administrative residence of the
Amarna period, an Egyptian-type military fortress of the period of Seti I constructed on the remains of the residence, and
a large industrial complex of the 13th century b.c.e., followed by later strata lacking architectural remains.
This final report consists of two volumes. Volume 1 contains a description of the excavation of the cemetery and its
finds, a stratigraphic presentation of the remains of the settlement site, a discussion of the Egyptian character of the architecture at the site, and chapters on the kilns area in the settlement and the geological background of the site. Volume 2 (this
volume) dicusses the finds from the excavations. First is a typological presentation of the ceramic finds, in which the Late
Bronze Age pottery is discussed by category, and the ceramic finds of the later periods are presented by stratum. Next, various chapters present the other finds. Finally, the site is placed in its context in a historical discussion.
Israel Exploration Society, 2010. 452 pages. English. Cloth.
ISSN: 0333-5844 List Price: $67.00
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Table of Contents
Part 1: Pottery
1. Introduction to the Pottery of
Deir el-Balaḥ . . Bonnie Gould, Trude Dothan, and Avriel Adler
2. Egyptian Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonnie Gould
3. The Origin of Egyptian-Style Ceramics from
Deir el-Balaḥ: Conclusions from
Neutron Activation Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Yellin and
Ann E. Killebrew
4. Canaanite Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann E. Killebrew
5. A Lamp and Bowl Deposit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trude Dothan and
Tamar Nahmias-Lotan
6. Miniature Bowls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avriel Adler
7. Mycenaean and Minoan Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . Trude Dothan and
Tamar Nahmias-Lotan
8. Cypriot Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Merrillees
9. Iron Age I Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . Trude Dothan and Avriel Adler
10. Iron Age II Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trude Dothan
11. Roman and Byzantine Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann E. Killebrew
Part 2: Other Finds
12. Anthropoid Coffin Fragments
from the Settlement . . Trude Dothan and Tamar Nahmias-Lotan
13. A Scepter or Flail . . . . Trude Dothan and Tamar Nahmias-Lotan
14. A Stone Knob . . . . . . . Trude Dothan and Tamar Nahmias-Lotan
15. Various Metal Finds . . Trude Dothan and Tamar Nahmias-Lotan
16. A Marked Lead Strip and a
Bronze Scale Weight or Sling Bullet . . . . . . . . . . Abraham Eran
17. Figurines . . . . . . . . . . Trude Dothan and Tamar Nahmias-Lotan
18. Two Bullae, a Plaque, Four Scarabs
and a Stamp Seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baruch Brandl
19. A Hieratic Inscription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stefan Wimmer
20. Four Amarna-Type Stone Supports
for Bed Legs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baruch Brandl
21. Seven Stone Burnishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baruch Brandl
22. Secondary Use of Fragments of Pottery Vessels . Baruch Brandl
23. Clay and Mud Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baruch Brandl
24. The Lithic Assemblage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steven A. Rosen and
Adrian Nigel Goring-Morris
25. Stone Implements and Related Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . Ada Klein
26. Color Pigments and Objects with
Remains of Ochre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ernst Wreschner
27. Cereal Grains from a Pit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mordechai E. Kislev
28. Historical Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trude Dothan
29. Afterword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trude Dothan
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