Abstract
The burial cave, hewn into the local soft chalk (qirton), comprises a central opening flanked by two carved doorposts, from which steps descend into a central, rectangular entrance passage. From the sides of the passage, three openings lead into three burial chambers (Nos. 1–3); Chambers 2 and 3 were found looted. Along the sides of Chamber 1 are hewn stone burial-benches, on which human bones and pottery vessels, characteristic of the eighth century BCE, were revealed; a headrest for the deceased was found at the end of each bench. The arrangement of the burial chambers indicates the presence of a planned and organized family burial system.
Keywords
Judean Shephelah, Judah, cemetery, burial, funerary goods, repository, anthropology, Sennacherib
Recommended Citation
Ganor, Sa‘ar; Ganor, Amir; and Kehati, Ron
(2013)
"An Iron Age II Burial Cave in the Southern Burial Ground at Tel ‘Etun (Hebrew, pp. 1*–9*; English summary, p. 135),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 73, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1604
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol73/iss1/5
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