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Abstract

The bulk of the finds from the Ḥorbat Za‘aq burial ground comprise Iron Age pottery, with MB IIB–C artifacts originating in a single tomb (Tomb 13) and Roman finds from a number of others. The MB IIB–C ceramic assemblage is domestic in nature, comprising bowls, storage jars and juglets. The Iron Age IIB–III grave goods include pottery, metal artifacts and beads that are comparable to assemblages from Judahite settlements and burial sites. The finds consist mainly of small vessels, such as lamps, bowls, jugs and juglets. This Iron IIB–III pottery assemblage is typical of the second quarter of the eighth and the seventh centuries BCE; most of the vessel types are Judahite in morphology, while a few show Edomite/Assyrian characteristics. Finds from the Early Roman period include pottery, a limestone ossuary and metal artifacts, such as a bronze bowl, iron nails, bronze ornaments and jewelry, a bronze mirror, and fragments of an iron knife. The pottery vessels belong to types common at Judean sites during the first century CE.

Keywords

Shephelah, cemetery, burial goods, typology

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