Abstract
A salvage excavation conducted south of the central bus station in ‘Akko uncovered a Hellenistic-period pit. The fill in the pit contained a large quantity of potsherds, including 21 stamped amphora handles and 3 terracotta figurines. The stamped handles belong to the Rhodian class, dating from the end of the third quarter of the third century until the third quarter of the second century BCE. The terracotta figurines are made of well-levigated clay, bearing white slip and traces of black and brown paint. They represent a bird/dove, a female human and a horse-and-rider. The figurines belong to the Western Greek artistic tradition, typical of the late fourth and early third centuries BCE.
Keywords
cult, transport, import, art, epigraphy
Recommended Citation
Ariel, Donald T. and Messika, Natalie
(2007)
"Finds from the Hellenistic ‘Favissa’ at ‘Akko-Ptolemais (pp. 11–20),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 57, Article 14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1757
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol57/iss1/14
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