Volume 112 (2023) Hoard Typology, Function and Purpose in Ancient Societies
The discovery of grouped items—often intact and of remarkable quality and value—provides a unique opportunity to study the artifacts and the circumstances that led to their concealment. Such discoveries illuminate the behavioral aspects of individuals and societies in extreme situations that necessitated leaving their valuable artifacts behind, whether for religious, social or economic reasons. The reports in this volume present only a small selection of various ‘hoards’ retrieved in archaeological excavations in Israel.
Front Matter & Editorial
The Editorial Board
A Hoard by Any Other Name? Near-Synonyms and Word Choice in Archaeological Discourse
Gabriela Bijovsky and Rachel Kudish-Vashdi
A Cache of Astragali from Tel Nagila
Lidar Sapir-Hen, Joe Uziel, Aren M. Maeir, David Ilan, and Matthew Susnow
Hoard of Ptolemaic Coins found in Murabba‘at Cave II in the Judean Desert
Eitan Klein, Gabriela Bijovsky, Amir Ganor, Hagay Hamer, Oriya Amichay, Chaim Cohen, Esther Eshel, Mark Cavanagh, Dafna Langgut, Eitan Kremer, Yigal Sitry, and Naama Sukenik
Lots of Pots: Cooking-Pot Deposits in Early Roman Jerusalem
Tehillah Lieberman, Barak Monnickendam-Givon, and Salome Dan-Goor
A Treasure from Nahal Shalva: Exquisite Jewelry and a Coin Hoard from the Days of the Bar Kokhba Revolt
Yael Abadi-Reiss, Gabriela Bijovsky, Shua Amorai-Stark, Naama Sukenik, Shoshana Israeli, and Emil Aladjem
Coins in Niches: Enigmatic Coin Deposits in the Southern Church of Shivta
Yotam Tepper and Yoav Farhi
Trash or Cache? The Textile Evidence from the Nahׅal ‘Omer Middens as an Indicator of Early Islamic-Period Trade Networks along Israel’s Silk Road
Orit Shamir, Berit Hildebrandt, Roy Galili, Nofar Shamir, and Guy Bar-Oz
The Kamon Cave Survey: A Refuge Cave from the Time of the Wars of the Diadochi
Eitan Klein, Amir Ganor, Nir Distelfeld, Boaz Langford, Micka Ullman, Roi Porat, and Amos Frumkin
A Byzantine and Early Islamic Building along the Southern Tyropoeon Valley
Nahshon Szanton and Joe Uziel
The Coins from Building 900 in the Southern Tyropoeon Valley
Donald T. Ariel and Gabriela Bijovsky
