Abstract
The burial cave, that was part of a larger burial site along the Refa’im Valley, was hewn on the southern slope of a chalky hill above the northern bank of a small wadi. The finds in the cave were clustered in six distinct groups, comprising standardized burial kits of pottery and metal finds, showing close affinities with other central hill country burial sites. Some prestige items, such as a scarab, an amulet, a cylinder seal and a dagger, were recovered from the cave, suggesting that at least one high-ranking individual was interred.
Keywords
cemetery, necropolis, funerary goods, Egypt, South Anatolia, glyptics, metallurgy, anthropology, residue, fauna
Recommended Citation
Ben-Ari, Nathan and Wiegmann, Alexander
(2022)
"A Middle Bronze Age II Burial Cave at Beit Ṣafafa, Jerusalem (with contributions by Daphna Ben-Tor, Laura A. Peri) (pp. 1–31),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 106, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1865
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol106/iss1/2
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